A Case of SARS-CoV-2 Clinical Relapse after 4 Negative RT-PCR Tests in Greece: Recurrence or Reinfection?

Fotis Konstantinou; Ioanna Skrapari; Eleni Bareta; Nikolaos Bakogiannis; Anna-Maria Papadopoulou; Chris Bakoyiannis

doi:10.1177/11795476211009813

A Case of SARS-CoV-2 Clinical Relapse after 4 Negative RT-PCR Tests in Greece: Recurrence or Reinfection?

Clin Med Insights Case Rep. 2021 Apr 12:14:11795476211009813. doi: 10.1177/11795476211009813. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Fotis Konstantinou¹, Ioanna Skrapari¹, Eleni Bareta¹, Nikolaos Bakogiannis², Anna-Maria Papadopoulou², Chris Bakoyiannis³

Affiliations

¹ First Department of Internal Medicine, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
² Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
³ First Department of Surgery, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece.

Abstract

SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is the greatest public health concern of the year 2020. There are several worldwide reports of patients who have managed to recover from SARS-CoV-2 infection with negative PCR test results, that for unknown reasons convert back to positive PCR. We report a case of a patient in our hospital who developed positive PCR test results for SARS-CoV-2, after 4 consecutive results that were negative, along with a full-blown clinical syndrome of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Keywords: Recurrence; SARS-CoV-2; reinfection.

Publication types

Case Reports