Reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction versus chest computed tomography for detecting early symptoms of COVID-19. A diagnostic accuracy systematic review and meta-analysis

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: A positive real-time reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for SARS CoV-2, from nasopharyngeal swabs, is the current gold standard diagnostic test for this virus and has sensitivity of 60-70%. Some studies have demonstrated a significant number of false-nega...

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Autores principales:	Márcio Luís Duarte, Lucas Ribeiro dos Santos, Andrea Carla de Souza Contenças, Wagner Iared, Maria Stella Peccin, Álvaro Nagib Atallah
Formato:	Artigo
Lenguaje:	Inglês
Publicado:	Associação Paulista de Medicina 2020-08-01
Colección:	São Paulo Medical Journal
Materias:	COVID-19 [supplementary concept] Coronavirus infections Real-time polymerase chain reaction Polymerase chain reaction Tomography Radiology Ground-glass opacities CT scan Accuracy
Acceso en línea:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802020000500422&tlng=en
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