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CASE OF PROLONGED VIRAL SHEDDING: CHRONIC, INTERMITTAN COVID-19?

BİLKAY SEREZ KAYA, İLKER YILMAM, EBRU ÇAKIR EDİS, DERYA KARABULUT, TÜLİN ELMASLAR MERT, CANAN ERYILDIZ, MUZAFFER DEMİR

Thoracic Research and Practice - 2022;23(1):85-88

Division of Hematology, Department of Pulmonology, Trakya University Faculty of Medicine, Edirne, Turkey

 

COVID-19 is a pandemic that has been affecting the entire world and has caused the death of approximately 2.8 million people. Although the duration of viral shedding varies, an average of 7-10 days is accepted. It is still unclear whether prolonged viral shedding means prolonged contagious period and whether COVID-19 will become chronic or not. This article presents a case with hematological malignancy (lymphoma) with the longest polymerase chain reaction positivity that we could find in the literature (110 days in total).