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. 2023 Mar 30;110(4):504-505.
doi: 10.1093/bjs/znad019.

Peritoneal fluid COVID-19 testing in patients with a negative nasopharyngeal swab: prospective study

Armando G Licata  1 , Chiara M Ciniselli  2 , Luca Sorrentino  3 , Arianna Micali  1 , Maria Grazia Daidone  4 , Marcello Guaglio  3 , Manuela Gariboldi  5 , Paolo Verderio  2 , Loris De Cecco  1 , Maurizio Cosimelli  3
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Peritoneal fluid COVID-19 testing in patients with a negative nasopharyngeal swab: prospective study

Armando G Licata et al. Br J Surg. .
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Fig. 1
Time series plot For each enrolled patient, the time at which the preoperative (preop.) nasopharyngeal swab was taken, and the timing of the first dose of vaccine, COVID-19 infection, and assessment of SARS-CoV-2 in peritoneal fluid are shown. The dashed vertical line indicates the starting point (beginning of study, 28 January 2021) for calculating time. The horizontal dotted line separates samples collected between February and early March (second pandemic wave) from those collected between May and September.
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