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. 2020 Jun;92(6):680-682.
doi: 10.1002/jmv.25742. Epub 2020 Mar 12.

Fecal specimen diagnosis 2019 novel coronavirus-infected pneumonia

JingCheng Zhang  1 , SaiBin Wang  1 , YaDong Xue  1
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Fecal specimen diagnosis 2019 novel coronavirus-infected pneumonia

JingCheng Zhang et al. J Med Virol. 2020 Jun.

Abstract

The emergence and spread of 2019 novel coronavirus-infected pneumonia (COVID-19) from Wuhan, China, it has spread globally. We extracted the data on 14 patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 from Jinhua Municipal Central hospital through 27 January 2020. We found that compared to pharyngeal swab specimens, nucleic acid detection of COVID-19 in fecal specimens was equally accurate. And we found that patients with a positive stool test did not experience gastrointestinal symptoms and had nothing to do with the severity of the lung infection. These results may help to understand the clinical diagnosis and the changes in clinical parameters of COVID-19.

Keywords: coronavirus; dissemination; nervous system; pathogenesis; virus classification.

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The authors declare that there are no conflict of interests.

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Viral nucleic acid test results in 14 patients with COVID‐19. COVID‐19, coronavirus
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Chest computed tomographic images, 5 February 2020 (illness day 10, hospital day 6)
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Chest computed tomographic images. Shown patient are chest images obtained at on day 5 (A, B) and another patient day 5 (C, D) after admission
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