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ArticleSN comprehensive clinical medicine2021

Physicians' Dilemma of False-Positive RT-PCR for COVID-19: a Case Report.

Sayak Roy

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Article in SN comprehensive clinical medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  6. Graphite nanocrystals coated paper-based electrode for detection of SARS-Cov-2 gene using DNA-functionalized Au@carbon dot core-shell nanoparticles.Microchemical journal : devoted to the application of microtechniques in all branches of science · 2022
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  13. The Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 (RT-PCR) Testing.Case reports in medicine · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Sayak RoyDepartment of Internal Medicine, Medica Superspeciality Hospital, Kolkata, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6185-9375

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has played havoc on this world's health and economics since its outbreak in December 2019. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) has been the gold standard to diagnose severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Still, few false-positive reports are emerging up that add to the physicians' dilemma and maintenance of health statistics.

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Coronavirus disease 2019False-positive RT-PCRReverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction

Identifiers

PMID33426468
PMCPMC7778390

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