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cord-300285-su2fueox	Gajurel, Kiran	Persistently positive severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐COV2) nasopharyngeal PCR in a kidney transplant recipient	2020-07-27		.txt	text/plain	384	27	54	title: Persistently positive severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐COV2) nasopharyngeal PCR in a kidney transplant recipient Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV2 ) infection is usually diagnosed by a positive PCR test in respiratory samples. While the respiratory PCR may remain positive for 2-3 weeks in the general population there have been occasional reports of persistent and recurrent positive SARS-COV2 PCR beyond 4 weeks despite clinical resolution 1-6 . This is particularly relevant in transplant recipients who carry a significant mortality and morbidity associated with SARS COV2 infection. 8 Here, we would like to share our experience of a Follow-up NP SARS COV2 PCR, however, remained intermittently positive for 57 days after the first positive test (Table 1) . Quantifying the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 long-term shedding among non-hospitalized COVID-19 patients Case report: viral shedding for 60 days in a woman with COVID-19	./cache/cord-300285-su2fueox.txt	./txt/cord-300285-su2fueox.txt