Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

March 25, 2020

COVID-19 Disease With Positive Fecal and Negative Pharyngeal and Sputum Viral Tests

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  • A COVID-19 case screened positive for SARS-CoV-2 in a fecal specimen while testing negative on multiple pharyngeal and sputum samples.  This indicates that the virus can proliferate in the digestive tract and potentially undergo fecal-oral transmission.

Chen et al. (March 20, 2020). COVID-19 Disease With Positive Fecal and Negative Pharyngeal and Sputum Viral Tests. Am J Gastroenterol.  https://doi.org/10.14309/ajg.0000000000000610