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. 2020 Jun 4;22(6):611–620. doi: 10.1111/codi.15138

Table 3.

Overview of data extracted from studies included in the review with ≤ 10 patients tested for faecal virus [7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 28, 29]

Reference Patients with positive faecal RT‐PCR Timing of positive faecal RT‐PCR (from symptom onset unless stated otherwise) Number of patients with positive faecal RT‐PCR and negative NP RT‐PCR Duration of persistent positive faecal RT‐PCR after negative NP RT‐PCR
Cai et al. [7] 6 tested, 5 positives (83.3%)

First test at 3–13 days

Second test at 18–30 days

Positive in all patients on both tests

5 out of 5 (100%) Ranged from 11 to 18 days
Chan et al. [8] 4 tested, 0 positive NA NA NA
Chen et al. [9] 1 tested, 0 positive NA NA NA
Chen et al. [10] 1 tested, 1 positive (100%) Day 11 1 out of 1 (100%) 1 day
Holshue et al. [13] 1 tested, 1 positive (100%) Day 7 Not available Not available
Kim et al. [14] 2 tested, 2 positives (100%) Ranged from day 8 to 17 0 out of 2 NA
Kujawski et al. [15] 10 tested, 7 positives (70%) Ranged from day 6 to 18 2 out of 7 (28.6%) Ranged from 4 to 6 days
Lescure et al. [16] 5 tested, 2 positives (40%) Ranged from day 2 to 13 1 out of 2 (50%) 3 days
Lo et al. [18] 10 tested, 10 positives (100%) Ranged from day 2 to 19 4 out of 10 (40%) Ranged from 2 to 10 days
Nicastri et al. [19] 1 tested, 1 positive (100%) Day 3 after admission 0 out of 1 NA
Peng et al. [21] 9 tested, 2 positives (22.2%)

Patient 1: day 3

Patient 2: unknown

Not available Not available
Song et al. [22] 1 tested, 0 positive NA NA NA
Tan et al. [23] 1 tested, 1 positive (100%) Up to day 23 1 out of 1 (100%) 7 days
Tang et al. [24] 1 tested, 1 positive (100%) Ranged from day 17 to 25 after exposure 1 out of 1 (100%) 10 days
Xing et al. [28] 3 tested, 3 positives (100%)

Patient 1 and 2: day 4

Patient 3: day 9 (after discharge)

3 out of 3 (100%) 8 and 20 days
Xu et al. [29] 10 tested, 8 positives (80%) Ranged from day 1 to 3 8 out of 8 (100%) Ranged from 3 to 21 days

NA, not applicable; NP, nasopharyngeal; RT‐PCR, reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction.