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Variable duration of viral shedding in cancer patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Part of: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 August 2021

N. Esther Babady ,
Bevin Cohen ,
Tara McClure ,
Karin Chow ,
Mario Caldararo ,
Krupa Jani ,
Tracy McMillen ,
Ying Taur ,
Monika Shah  and
Elizabeth Robilotti
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N. Esther Babady
Affiliation:
Microbiology Service, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
Bevin Cohen
Affiliation:
Center for Nursing Research and Innovation at The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York
Tara McClure
Affiliation:
Infection Control Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
Karin Chow
Affiliation:
Infection Control Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
Mario Caldararo
Affiliation:
Infectious Disease Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
Krupa Jani
Affiliation:
Microbiology Service, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
Tracy McMillen
Affiliation:
Microbiology Service, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
Ying Taur
Affiliation:
Infectious Disease Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
Monika Shah
Affiliation:
Infectious Disease Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
Elizabeth Robilotti
Affiliation:
Infection Control Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York Infectious Disease Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
Anoshe Aslam
Affiliation:
Infection Control Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
Mini Kamboj*
Affiliation:
Infection Control Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York Infectious Disease Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
*
Author for correspondence: Mini Kamboj, E-mail: kambojm@mskcc.org
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Abstract

In this retrospective study of 105 severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)–infected cancer patients with longitudinal nasopharyngeal sampling, the duration of viral shedding and time to attain cycle threshold >30 was longer in patients with hematologic malignancy than in those with solid tumors. These findings have important public health implications.

Keywords

SARS CoV-2COVID-19CancerViral shedding
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 43 , Issue 10 , October 2022 , pp. 1413 - 1415
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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