The role of lower respiratory tract samples in the diagnosis of COVID-19

Tom G S Williams^{1

2}, Luke B Snell^{1

2}, Usman Taj^{1

2}, Sam T Douthwaite^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infection, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
² The Centre for Clinical Infection & Diagnostics Research, King's College London, London, UK.

Comment

Tom G S Williams et al. Infect Dis (Lond). 2020 Jul.

. 2020 Jul;52(7):524-525.

doi: 10.1080/23744235.2020.1761999. Epub 2020 May 13.

Tom G S Williams^{1

2}, Luke B Snell^{1

2}, Usman Taj^{1

2}, Sam T Douthwaite^{1

2}

¹ Department of Infection, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
² The Centre for Clinical Infection & Diagnostics Research, King's College London, London, UK.

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A case of imported COVID-19 diagnosed by PCR-positive lower respiratory specimen but with PCR-negative throat swabs.
Hase R, Kurita T, Muranaka E, Sasazawa H, Mito H, Yano Y. Hase R, et al. Infect Dis (Lond). 2020 Jun;52(6):423-426. doi: 10.1080/23744235.2020.1744711. Epub 2020 Apr 2. Infect Dis (Lond). 2020. PMID: 32238024 Free PMC article.