December 16, 2020

Sustained Positivity and Reinfection With SARS-CoV-2 in Children: Does Quarantine/Isolation Period Need Reconsideration in a Pediatric Population?

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Vaccines and Immunity

Keywords (Tags): immunity, pediatrics

A retrospective observational study of sustained SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR positivity in children found that of 989 pediatric patients who had tested positive, 172 had multiple subsequent tests over months, of whom 68 had two or more consecutive positive tests (median interval 14 days), and 27 of those 68 had sustained-positive status (median 26 days). In addition, four patients were suspected to have been reinfected, defined as testing positive within one to three weeks of testing negative.

Patwardhan. (Dec 10, 2020). Sustained Positivity and Reinfection With SARS-CoV-2 in Children: Does Quarantine/Isolation Period Need Reconsideration in a Pediatric Population? Cureus. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12012