Utility of CT scan in patients with initial negative PCR for SARS-CoV2: a report of three cases

PCR-based viral RNA to confirm the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection has a sensitivity of around 70%. We report three cases of patients with negative initial PCR and CT scan lesions that led us to suspect COVID-19, but which one(s) are really COVID-19?

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Published in:Infection
Main Authors: Bouiller, Kevin, Humbert, Sébastien, Payet-Revest, Camille, Brunel, Anne-Sophie, Mareshal, Adrien, Lepiller, Quentin, Grillet, Franck, Chirouze, Catherine
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2020
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Case Report
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7313649/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32583171
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s15010-020-01467-8
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