Repeated Testing in SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Affiliations

¹ Section of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
² Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Valencia and INCLIVA Biomedical Research Institute, Valencia, Spain.
³ Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, The Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.

Comment

Giuseppe Lippi et al. Mayo Clin Proc. 2020 Oct.

. 2020 Oct;95(10):2283-2284.

doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2020.08.007. Epub 2020 Aug 10.

¹ Section of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
² Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Valencia and INCLIVA Biomedical Research Institute, Valencia, Spain.
³ Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, The Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.

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In Reply-Repeated Testing in SARS-CoV-2 Infection.
Shah A, O'Horo JC, Berbari EF, Tande A, Challener D, Binnicker MJ. Shah A, et al. Mayo Clin Proc. 2020 Oct;95(10):2284-2285. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2020.08.006. Epub 2020 Aug 10. Mayo Clin Proc. 2020. PMID: 33012358 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Low Utility of Repeat Real-Time PCR Testing for SARS-CoV-2 in Clinical Specimens.
Challener DW, Shah A, O'Horo JC, Berbari E, Binnicker MJ, Tande AJ. Challener DW, et al. Mayo Clin Proc. 2020 Sep;95(9):1942-1945. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2020.06.020. Epub 2020 Jul 4. Mayo Clin Proc. 2020. PMID: 32861337 Free PMC article.

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