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cord-262796-syu4wbpi	Wei, Xiao-Shan	Diarrhea is associated with prolonged symptoms and viral carriage in COVID-19	2020-04-18		.txt	text/plain	2863	174	57	Abstract Background & Aims We compared clinical, laboratory, radiological, and outcome features of patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19) with pneumonia, with vs without diarrhea. Methods We performed a retrospective, single-center analysis of 84 patients with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia in Wuhan Union Hospital, China, from January 19 through February 7, 2020. Of 76 patients with a negative result from their latest throat swab test during hospitalization, a significantly higher proportion of patients with diarrhea had a positive result from the retest for SARS-CoV-2 in stool (45%) than patients without diarrhea (20%) (P=.039). On admission to hospital, all confirmed COVID patients were tested for SARS-CoV-2 RNA from stool samples. Of 76 COVID-19 patients who had a negative result from their latest throat swab test during hospitalization, a significantly higher proportion of patients with diarrhea had a positive result from the retest for SARS-CoV-2 in stool (45%) than patients without diarrhea (20%) (P=.039) ( Table 5) .	./cache/cord-262796-syu4wbpi.txt	./txt/cord-262796-syu4wbpi.txt