Caveats of Reporting Cycle Threshold Values from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Qualitative Polymerase Chain Reaction Assays: A Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory Perspective

Kok-Siong Poon¹, Nancy Wen-Sim Tee^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Molecular Diagnosis Centre, Department of Laboratory Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore.
² Division of Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore.

Comment

Kok-Siong Poon et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2021.

. 2021 Nov 2;73(9):e2851-e2852.

doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1399.

Kok-Siong Poon¹, Nancy Wen-Sim Tee^{1

2}

¹ Molecular Diagnosis Centre, Department of Laboratory Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore.
² Division of Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore.

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To Interpret the SARS-CoV-2 Test, Consider the Cycle Threshold Value.
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