Table 5.
Summary of microbiological panels of ten patients with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection admitted to our hospital in Macau from Jan 21 to Feb 16, 2020
| Real-time PCR (ORF1ab/N gene)* |
Patient 1 | Patient 2 | Patient 3 | Patient 4 | Patient 5 | Patient 6 | Patient 7 | Patient 8 | Patient 9 | Patient 10 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasopharyngeal swab(NPS) | 5/8 | 10/13 | 6/10 (1 inconclusive) | 6/8 | 3/10 (2 inconclusive) | 9/12 | 5/7 (1 inconclusive) | 5/6 (1 inconclusive) | 6/7 | 2/3 (1 inconclusive) | 57/84 (68%) |
|
| Sputum | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1/1(100%) | |
| Urine | 0/4 | 0/6 | 0/5 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/5 | 0/4 | 0/5 | 0/5 | 0/3 | 0/49(0%) | |
| Stool | 1/8 | 7/10 | 4/6 | 3/3 | 5/8 (1 inconclusive) | 4/6 | 5/8 (1 inconclusive) | 6/8 | 10/10 | 1/12 (9 inconclusive) | 46/79 (58%) |
|
| Average viral RNA conversion time (days, mean, standard deviation) | ||||||||||||
| Nasopharyngeal swab | 18.2 (4.6) | |||||||||||
| Feces | 19.3 (3.4) | |||||||||||
*Results = number of specimens detected / total number of specimens performed during the course
NA: Not available; Inconclusive: Ct-value of 36 to 38.