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SUBMITTER: Xiao F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9088484 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Xiao Fang F Wan Peiqi P Wei Qiuling Q Wei Guiyang G Yu Yanhong Y
Journal of medical virology 20220322 7
Clinicians are facing several challenges in tackling coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); one issue is prolonged detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) RNA. Here, we describe a case of SARS-CoV-2 infection in a young immunocompetent patient with a virological course lasting for 71 days. Following antiviral treatment, but no additional glucocorticoid or interferon therapy, the patient recovered from COVID-19 pneumonia (moderate). Detection of viral RNA via throa ...[more]