Table 2.

Isolation of SARS-CoV in urine and stool samples by culture with Vero E6 cells

Pt. no.a	Sample no.	Sampling day after disease onset	RT-PCR results (R gene/N gene)	Virus isolation
5	urine 94	8 d	+/+	+
	stool 158	8 d	+/+	+
	stool 131	11 d	+/+	+
6	urine 107	36 d	+/+	+
11	stool 159	29 d	+/+	+
24	stool 163	23 d	+/+	+
	stool 124	26 d	+/+	+
	urine 95	21 d	+/+	+
	stool 154	24 d	+/+	+
	stool 141	33 d	+/+	+
16	stool 156	10 d	−/+	−
	urine 111	6 d	+/−	−
15	stool 126	21 d	−/+	−
21	stool 160	11 d	+/−	−
	stool 145	33 d	+/−	−
	urine 96	11 d	+/−	−
9	stool 142	3 d	−/−	−
20	stool 120	18 d	−/−	−
2	stool 144	12 d	−/−	−
12	urine 92	22 d	−/−	−
22	urine 89	14 d	−/−	−

+, positive; −, negative

^aPatient numbers correspond with those listed in Table 1