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Novel coronavirus pneumonia patients in the recovery period can exhibit positive stool nucleic acid tests despite testing negative via pharyngeal swabs, as observed in three reported cases.
Highlights the potential for prolonged viral shedding in stool of COVID-19 patients even after respiratory samples test negative.
新型冠状病毒肺炎传染性强，传播途径除呼吸道飞沫和接触传播外，其他传播途径如消化道和气溶胶传播尚有待明确。本文报道3例新型冠状病毒感染患者恢复期咽拭子核酸检测阴性但粪便核酸检测阳性患者，并进行相关文献复习，提高对该疾病的认识。
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Ren et al. (2020) studied this question. Novel coronavirus pneumonia patients in the recovery period can exhibit positive stool nucleic acid tests despite testing negative via pharyngeal swabs, as observed in three reported cases.
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