SARS-CoV-2 serological testing changes disease management in a PCR-negative patient.
BMJ Case Rep
; 13(8)2020 Aug 11.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-713638
ABSTRACT
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare providers worldwide have faced many obstacles in the diagnostic evaluation of patients for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, the causative virus. Even with the application of statistical inference by Bayes' theorem to estimate the probability of a diagnosis, with and without testing capabilities, some cases may still carry a degree of uncertainty. This has important implications for limiting the spread of disease. The basis for isolation and quarantine is a known diagnosis. This case is an example of a diagnostic conundrum that required more thorough use of testing methods, particularly serological testing, to guide the isolation recommendations for a patient with COVID-19. This will be helpful to other diagnosticians by providing an example of how serological findings may be effectively applied in the course of individual COVID-19 management.
Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Serologic Tests
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Coronavirus Infections
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Betacoronavirus
Type of study:
Case report
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Diagnostic study
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Experimental Studies
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Language:
English
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Bcr-2020-237239
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