De-isolation criterion of real-time PCR test in patients with COVID-19: Two or three consecutive negative nasopharyngeal swabs?

J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2021 Feb;54(1):136-138. doi: 10.1016/j.jmii.2020.08.014. Epub 2020 Aug 19.

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Tainan, Taiwan; Centre for Infection Control, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Tainan, Taiwan.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Tainan, Taiwan; Centre for Infection Control, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, Tainan, Taiwan; Centre for Infection Control, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan. Electronic address: winston3415@gmail.com.

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