id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-258255-hzmcrenk Jiang, Xuejun Asymptomatic SARS‐CoV‐2 infected case with viral detection positive in stool but negative in nasopharyngeal samples lasts for 42 days 2020-04-24 .txt text/plain 553 35 49 Currently, the identification of this disease is mainly conducted by using nasopharyngeal swabs([1]), but the presence of SARS‐CoV‐2 RNA in feces of COVID‐19 patients indicates the possibility of transmission via fecal‐oral route([2‐4]). Currently, the identification of this disease is mainly conducted by using nasopharyngeal swabs [1] , but the presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in feces of COVID-19 patients indicates the possibility of transmission via fecal-oral route [2] [3] [4] . Herein, we report the distinctive clinical characteristics of an asymptomatic case in which SARS-CoV-2 viral nucleotide detection was positive in anal swabs but negative in nasopharyngeal swabs for such a long period (42 days). This case will further provide the new information that, besides confirmed COVID-19 patients, the asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infected case can be persistently tested positive in the stool samples but negative in nasopharyngeal swabs for a long time. Detectable SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA in feces of three children during recovery period of COVID-19 pneumonia ./cache/cord-258255-hzmcrenk.txt ./txt/cord-258255-hzmcrenk.txt