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Subsequent analysis of clinical samples of 20 patients with initial RT-PCR-positive nasopharyngeal aspirates and antibody seroconversion to SARS-associated coronavirus
| Time after onset of symptoms (days; n=20) |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 21 | |
| Sample (positivity rate) | |||||
| Nasopharyngeal aspirate | 19 (95%) | 18 (90%) | 18 (90%) | 15 (75%) | 9 (47%)* |
| Stool | 20 (100%) | 20 (100%) | 19 (95%) | 12 (80%)† | 10 (67%)† |
| Urine | 10 (50%) | 9 (45%) | 7 (35%) | 6 (30%) | 4 (21%)* |
in 19 patients.
In 15 patients
