A Case of COVID-19 Patient with False-negative for SARS-CoV-2 of Pharyngeal Swab, from a Chinese traveller Returning from Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, January 2020

Masahiro Ishikane; Yusuke Miyazato; Satoshi Kustuna; Tetsuya Suzuki; Satoshi Ide; Keiji Nakamura; Shinichiro Morioka; Harutaka Katano; Tadaki Suzuki; Norio Ohmagari

doi:10.7883/yoken.JJID.2020.240

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A Case of COVID-19 Patient with False-negative for SARS-CoV-2 of Pharyngeal Swab, from a Chinese traveller Returning from Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, January 2020

Masahiro Ishikane, Yusuke Miyazato, Satoshi Kustuna, Tetsuya Suzuki, Satoshi Ide, Keiji Nakamura, Shinichiro Morioka, Harutaka Katano, Tadaki Suzuki, Norio Ohmagari

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Masahiro Ishikane
Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine
AMR Clinical Reference Center, Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine
Yusuke Miyazato
Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine
Satoshi Kustuna
Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine
Tetsuya Suzuki
Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine
Satoshi Ide
Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine
Keiji Nakamura
Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine
Shinichiro Morioka
Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine
Harutaka Katano
Department of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases
Tadaki Suzuki
Department of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases
Norio Ohmagari
Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine
AMR Clinical Reference Center, Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine

Keywords: COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, False-negative of pharyngeal swab

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Article ID: JJID.2020.240

DOI https://doi.org/10.7883/yoken.JJID.2020.240

The final version of this article is now available: Vol. 73 (2020), No. 6 pp. 462-464

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Abstract

We report a case of patient in Japan with Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) with false-negative of reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 of pharyngeal swab, from a Chinese traveller returning from Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. If a patient is clinically or epidemiologically suspected of COVID-19, appropriate infection and prevention control measures such as standard, contact, and droplet precaution are needed until the patient is proven to be true-negative.

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