id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-305437-e1hcsnr7 Tang, Xiujuan Positive RT-PCR tests among discharged COVID-19 patients in Shenzhen, China 2020-04-16 .txt text/plain 1006 61 63 title: Positive RT-PCR tests among discharged COVID-19 patients in Shenzhen, China To the Editor-According to the current guideline of the National Health Commission of China, discharge of inpatients with the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) infection in China have to fulfill 2 recovery criteria: (1) symptoms disappear and computed tomography (CT) images become normal and (2) test negative for 2 consecutive times in reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests for SARS-CoV-2. Throat swabs and anal swabs were collected from all patients for RT-PCR tests according to the following scenarios: (1) on February 18, 2020, for those discharged before February 12, 2019; (2) on February 19, 2020 for those discharged between February 13 and 19, 2019; (3) on days 7 and 14 after discharge thereafter. The delay between discharge and RT-PCR result date was negatively associated among positive cases of throat swabs, with an adjusted OR of 0.36 (95% CI, 0.18 −0.72). ./cache/cord-305437-e1hcsnr7.txt ./txt/cord-305437-e1hcsnr7.txt