False-negative nasopharyngeal severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in immunocompromised patients resulting in healthcare worker exposures
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
.
2022 Dec;43(12):1971-1972.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2021.447.
Epub 2021 Nov 2.
Authors
Elena Beam
1
2
,
Michelle L Meyer
2
,
John C O' Horo
1
2
3
,
Laura E Breeher
4
5
Affiliations
1
Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
2
Infection Prevention and Control, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
3
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
4
Division of Preventive, Occupational, and Aerospace Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota.
5
Occupational Health Services, Rochester, Minnesota.
PMID:
34724998
PMCID:
PMC8593372
DOI:
10.1017/ice.2021.447
No abstract available
Publication types
Letter
MeSH terms
COVID-19*
Health Personnel
Humans
Immunocompromised Host
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
SARS-CoV-2* / genetics
Sensitivity and Specificity