| Literature DB >> 33298203 |
David Hirschwerk1,2, Mathew Foley2,3, Martin Lesser2,4, Bruce Farber1,2, James M Crawford2, Karina W Davidson2,4, Gregory J Berry2,5, Elizabeth Smith5, Charles Kast2,6, Vladimir Volel6, Thomas McGinn2,4.
Abstract
We performed a prospective study of 501 patients, regardless of symptoms, admitted to the hospital, to estimate the predictive value of a negative nasopharyngeal swab for severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). At a positivity rate of 10.2%, the estimated negative predictive value (NPV) was 97.2% and the NPV rose as prevalence decreased during the study.Entities:
Year: 2020 PMID: 33298203 PMCID: PMC7783084 DOI: 10.1017/ice.2020.1362
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol ISSN: 0899-823X Impact factor: 3.254