The Additional Contribution of Second Nasopharyngeal PCR to COVID-19 Diagnosis in Patients with Negative Initial Test.

CONCLUSIONS: The strategy of using the second nasopharyngeal PCR test to confirm or exclude the diagnosis seems to cause the loss of labor and time, and is costly, because its additional contribution to the first test is very low. PMID: 33038445 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses - Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Med Mal Infect Source Type: research