Trilok, Chand (2022) Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in a transudative pleural fluid by Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay: A Case Report. British Journal of Multidisciplinary and Advanced Studies: Health and Medical Sciences, 3 (2). pp. 67-71. ISSN 2053-406X, 2053-4078
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Abstract
COVID-19 infection is ubiquitous now, and it is not unusual to find various clinical presentations of this notorious infection; nevertheless, the common infection site is the respiratory epithelium or lung parenchyma; hence, SARS-CoV-2 is most commonly isolated from the respiratory tract by a real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay, and is considered as a gold-standard test for COVID-19 diagnosis. We reported a case presented with a right-side pleural effusion and underlying consolidation, and aspirated transudative pleural fluid revealed a positive COVID-19 RT-PCR result. So far, only a few positive pleural fluid COVID-19 RT-PCR cases have been reported; however, our case was detected in mid-2020.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
| Depositing User: | Professor Mark T. Owen |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Jan 2023 19:57 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Jan 2023 19:57 |
| URI: | https://tudr.org/id/eprint/1390 |
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