Positive RT-PCR nasopharyngeal swab in patients recovered from COVID-19 disease: When does quarantine really end?

TY - JOUR

T1 - Positive RT-PCR nasopharyngeal swab in patients recovered from COVID-19 disease

T2 - When does quarantine really end?

AU - Gemelli Against COVID-19 Post-Acute Care Team

AU - Landi, Francesco

AU - Gremese, Elisa

AU - Rota, Elisabetta

AU - Carfi, Angelo

AU - Benvenuto, Francesca

AU - Ciciarello, Francesca

AU - Lo Monaco, Maria Rita

AU - Martone, Anna Maria

AU - Pagano, Francesco

AU - Paglionico, Annamaria

AU - Petricca, Luca

AU - Rocchi, Sara

AU - Tritto, Marcello

AU - Sanguinetti, Maurizio

AU - Bernabei, Roberto

N1 - Funding Information: None. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Universit? Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Rome, Italy) (protocol ID number: 0013008/20). Specifically, for this paper there is no chance that a patient can be identified (or can identify themselves) from the text and/or figure. Written informed consents have been obtained. Not applicable. All the data and material are available by emailing the corresponding author. The author gives consent for publication of this paper. LF and RB coordinated the overall study. LF, CF, TM, BF, BG, BV, and CA were involved in the concept and the design of the study. FL, GE, and RE drafted the manuscript. LMMR, MAM, PF, PA, PL, RS, SA, SM, and GA contributed to the acquisition and the interpretation of the data. All the authors revised the manuscript and approved its final version. Steering committee: Landi F, Gremese E, Coordination: Bernabei R, Fantoni M, Gasbarrini A, Field investigators:, Gastroenterology team: Settanni CR, Geriatric team: Benvenuto F, Bramato G, Brandi V, Carf? A, Ciciarello F, Lo Monaco MR, Martone AM, Marzetti E, Napolitano C, Pagano F, Rocchi S, Rota E, Salerno A, Tosato M, Tritto M, Calvani R, Catalano L, Picca A, Savera G, Infectious disease team: Cauda R, Tamburrini E, Borghetti A, Di Gianbenedetto S, Murri R, Cingolani A, Ventura G, Taddei E, Moschese D, Ciccullo A, Internal Medicine team: Stella L, Addolorato G, Franceschi F, Mingrone G, Zocco MA, Microbiology team: Sanguinetti M, Cattani P, Marchetti S, Neurology team: Bizzarro A, Lauria A, Ophthalmology team: Rizzo S, Savastano MC, Gambini G, Cozzupoli GM, Culiersi C, Otolaryngology team: Passali GC, Paludetti G, Galli J, Crudo F, Di Cintio G, Longobardi Y, Tricarico L, Santantonio M, Pediatric team: Buonsenso D, Valentini P, Pata D, Sinatti D, De Rose C, Pneumology team: Richeldi L, Lombardi F, Calabrese A, Psychiatric team: Sani G, Janiri D, Giuseppin G, Molinaro M, Modica M, Radiology team: Pirronti T, Natale L, Larici AR, Marano R, Infante A, Larosa L, Rheumatology team: Paglionico A, Petricca L, Gigante L, Natalello G, Fedele AL, Lizzio MM, Vascular team: Santoliquido A, Santoro L, Nesci A, Popolla V, The Gemelli Against COVID-19 Post-Acute Care team thanks La Torre R, Brisetti S, Fella L, Sofo MT and all the nursing staff of ?Post-COVID Day Hospital Unit? for their extraordinary dedication and expertise in treating COVID-19 patients. Copyright: Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

PY - 2020/12

Y1 - 2020/12

KW - COVID-19

KW - Health Care Organization

KW - Personalized medicine

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U2 - 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.08.034

DO - 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.08.034

M3 - Letter

C2 - 32853596

AN - SCOPUS:85090310762

VL - 81

SP - e1-e3

JO - Journal of Infection

JF - Journal of Infection

SN - 0163-4453

IS - 6

ER -