Do children need a longer time to shed SARS-CoV-2 in stool than adults?

SARS-CoV-2 can be shed in the stool of patients in the recovery phase. Children show a longer shedding time than adults. We analyzed the possible causes of this finding and recommend that a negative stool sample be included in a patient's discharge criteria.

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Published in:Journal of microbiology, immunology and infection immunology and infection, 2020-06, Vol.53 (3), p.373-376
Main Authors: Ma, Xiang, Su, Liang, Zhang, Yunkui, Zhang, Xiuzhen, Gai, Zhongtao, Zhang, Zhongfa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Betacoronavirus - isolation & purification
Child
Child, Preschool
Coronavirus Infections - diagnosis
Coronavirus Infections - pathology
COVID-19
Feces - virology
Female
Humans
Infant
Male
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral - diagnosis
Pneumonia, Viral - pathology
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods
SARS-CoV-2
Time Factors
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Summary:SARS-CoV-2 can be shed in the stool of patients in the recovery phase. Children show a longer shedding time than adults. We analyzed the possible causes of this finding and recommend that a negative stool sample be included in a patient's discharge criteria.
ISSN:1684-1182
1995-9133
DOI:10.1016/j.jmii.2020.03.010