TABLE 3.

Faecal shedding of SARS‐CoV‐2

Reference	Number of cases	Results
Wu Y et al 60	74	In 41 (55.0%) of 74 patients stool samples were positive for SARS‐CoV‐2 RNA; faecal samples remained positive for a mean of 27.9 days; one patient had positive faecal samples for 33 days after the respiratory swabs became negative
Xiao F et al 17	73	39 (53.4%) patients had viral RNA in stool; in 17 (23.3%) patients stool samples remained positive after negative result from respiratory swabs
Zhang W et al 40	16	Viral RNA in stool on admission: 4/16 (25.0%) Viral RNA in stool on day 5: 6/16 (37.5%)
Zhang J et al 41	14	5 (37.5%) patients had positive stool samples
Xu Y et al 42	10	On admission, viral RNA was detected in rectal swab in 8 (80%) paediatric patients; stool sample remained positive after testing negative from nasopharyngeal swab in 8 (80%) children