Discontinuation of Transmission Precautions for COVID-19 Patients: Polymerase Chain Reaction Diagnostics, Patient Delays, and Cycle Threshold Values

Conclusions Concerns surround immunocompromised patients and those treated with steroids who might be delayed or incapable of stopping viral replication and thus remain contagious. Our results suggest that clinicians use all available data including Ct values to evaluate the safety of discontinuation of transmission precautions.
Source: Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice - Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research