SARS-CoV-2 positive virus culture 7 weeks after onset of COVID-19 in an immunocompromised patient suffering from X chromosome-linked agammaglobulinemia
Walsh et al. recently published a review in this journal focusing on the duration of infectiousness in SARS-CoV-2 infected individuals. (1) Based on available data from SARS-CoV-2 culture studies and contract tracing studies included in this review, the authors reported that patients with mild-to-moderate Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) are considered to be without infectious potential beyond day 10 after the onset of symptoms. In contrast, immunocompromised and severe-to-critical patients may have prolonged viral shedding and, thus, may also provide prolonged infectiousness.
Source: Journal of Infection - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Katharina Guetl, Florentine Moazedi-Fuerst, Konrad Rosskopf, Marianne Brodmann, Robert Krause, Philipp Eller, Patricia Wilhelmer, Florian Eisner, Nazanin Sareban, Peter Schlenke, Harald H. Kessler, Ivo Steinmetz, Monika Redlberger-Fritz, Karin Stiasny, Ma Source Type: research