Chest computed tomography in the diagnosis of COVID-19 in patients with false negative RT-PCR

Eduardo Kaiser Ururahy Nunes Fonseca, Lorena Carneiro Ferreira, Bruna Melo Coelho Loureiro, Daniel Giunchetti Strabelli, Lucas de Pádua Gomes de Farias, Gabriel Abrantes de Queiroz, José Vitor Rassi Garcia, Renato de Freitas Teixeira, Victor Arcanjo Almeida Gama, Rodrigo Caruso Chate,

Einstein (São Paulo) · 2021 · 15 citations · 22 references

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Abstract

Computed tomography can play an important role in management of suspected cases of COVID-19 with initial negative results in RT-PCR, especially considering those patients outside the ideal window for sample collection for RT-PCR.

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