Patients with COVID-19: are current isolation guidelines effective enough?

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¹ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine, Omaha, NE, USA. Electronic address: kishanp.patel@unmc.edu.
² Nova Southeastern University Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine, Omaha, NE, USA.
⁴ Division of Hospital Medicine, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.

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K P Patel et al. Public Health. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun:183:38-39.

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2020.04.048. Epub 2020 May 11.

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine, Omaha, NE, USA. Electronic address: kishanp.patel@unmc.edu.
² Nova Southeastern University Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine, Omaha, NE, USA.
⁴ Division of Hospital Medicine, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.

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SARS-CoV-2 turned positive in a discharged patient with COVID-19 arouses concern regarding the present standards for discharge.
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