key: cord-0760704-87ylv7bt
authors: Karamercan, Sırma; Kaya, Zühre; Koçak, Ülker
title: Comment on: Repeat‐positive SARS‐CoV‐2 in a child with cancer: Intermittent positive results of SARS‐CoV‐2‐RNA in nasopharyngeal swabs during chemotherapy in a child with acute leukemia
date: 2022-02-21
journal: Pediatr Blood Cancer
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.29620
sha: 0244b31ca5a3569419ed1635e4e5d0fe38aaae68
doc_id: 760704
cord_uid: 87ylv7bt

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The American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Comment on: Repeat-positive SARS-CoV-2 in a child with cancer: Intermittent positive results of SARS-CoV-2-RNA in nasopharyngeal swabs during chemotherapy in a child with acute leukemia

To the Editor:

We have read the case entitled "Repeat-positive SARS-CoV-2 in a child with cancer" written by Radhakrishnan and Gangopadhyay 1 with great interest. This study reported a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) whose chemotherapy was interrupted due to repeat She was found to be in morphologic and cytogenetic complete remission on Day 33. Since her father was positive for Covid-19, her 35-week pregnant mother had accompanied the patient during the remaining chemotherapy period. The mother had been vaccinated with a single dose of mRNA vaccine at 32 weeks of pregnancy. At the time

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