Table 1.
Infectious disease work-up
| Test | Outcome |
|---|---|
| COVID-19 nasopharyngeal swab RT-PCR | Positive |
| Blood culture | Coag-negative staphylococcus (20.6 h)a |
| Repeat blood cultures | No growth |
| AFB culture | No growth |
| AFB smear | Negative |
| Quantiferon-Tb Gold | Negative |
| Blastomyces Ag | Negative |
| Histoplasma Ag | Negative |
| Cryptococcal Ag | Negative |
| Coccidioides Ag | Negative |
| Beta-1,3-glucan | Negative |
| Galactomannan | Negative |
| Legionella urinary Ag | Negative |
| Strep pneumoniae Ag | Negative |
| HIV Ab/Ag combo | Negative |
| Repeat COVID-19 nps PCR (17 and 26 days after initial) | Positive |
COVID-19: coronavirus 2019; coag: coagulase; RT-PCR: reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction.
a
A single blood culture was positive for coag-negative staphylococcus at 20.6 h and was considered a contaminant by our Infectious Disease colleagues.