Abstract
Data concerning the transmission of the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in paucisymptomatic patients are lacking. We report an Italian paucisymptomatic case of coronavirus disease 2019 with multiple biological samples positive for SARS-CoV-2. This case was detected using the World Health Organization protocol on cases and contact investigation. Current discharge criteria and the impact of extra-pulmonary SARS-CoV-2 samples are discussed.
Highlights
Data concerning the transmission of the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in paucisymptomatic patients are lacking
We report an Italian paucisymptomatic case of coronavirus disease 2019 with multiple biological samples positive for SARS-CoV-2
On 5 February, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) protocol on cases and contact investigation [5], all of them were screened for SARS-CoV-2 RNA by the Scientific Department of the Italian Army Medical Center using real-time RT-PCR on nasopharyngeal swabs
Summary
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in a paucisymptomatic patient: epidemiological and clinical challenge in settings with limited community transmission, Italy, February 2020. We report an Italian paucisymptomatic case of coronavirus disease 2019 with multiple biological samples positive for SARS-CoV-2. This case was detected using the World Health Organization protocol on cases and contact investigation. We report an Italian paucisymptomatic case of COVID-19 with multiple biological samples positive for SARS-CoV-2. On 5 February, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) protocol on cases and contact investigation [5], all of them were screened for SARS-CoV-2 RNA by the Scientific Department of the Italian Army Medical Center using real-time RT-PCR on nasopharyngeal swabs. One swab resulted positive both for the envelope protein gene E and the RNAdependent RNA polymerase gene RdRp [6]
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