Public health might be endangered by possible prolonged discharge of SARS-CoV-2 in stool

J Infect. 2020 May;80(5):e18-e19. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.02.031. Epub 2020 Mar 5.

¹ Department of Neonatology, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation base of Child development and Critical Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing, 400014, PR China.
² Department of Neonatology, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation base of Child development and Critical Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing, 400014, PR China. Electronic address: shiyuan@hospital.cqmu.edu.cn.

Abstract

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The published data, which showed the COVID-19 patients with low digestive.
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manifestation, might be misleading. Case with negative URT test showed positive in.
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rectal scarab which challenge the isolation protocol.
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As fomite transmission caused clusters of infection of SARS, adequate disinfection.
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operations should be adopted in SARS-CoV-2 outbreak.