Clinical and biochemical characteristics and outcomes of suspected COVID-19 hospitalized patients: RT-PCR swab positive and negative comparison

• Main Authors: Assim A. Alfadda (Author), Mohammad AlKhowaiter (Author), Naif Alotaibi (Author), Khalid Alayed (Author), Musa Alzahrani (Author), Khalifa Binkhamis (Author), Khalid Siddiqui (Author), Amira Youssef (Author), Haifa Altalhi (Author), Ibrahim Almaghlouth (Author), Mohammed Alarifi (Author), Saleh Albanyan (Author), Mohammed Faraj Alosaimi (Author), Rana Hasanato (Author), Arthur Isnani (Author), Hafedh Dekhil (Author), Mohamed Rafiullah (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: COVID-19 is diagnosed using RT-PCR assays of samples from nasal and oropharyngeal swabs. People with negative RT-PCR often presented with clinical manifestations of COVID-19. The data on such patients are lacking. The present study aims to characterize the patients who were suspected COV...