The study involved 147 patients at a hospital in China.
-19) on a known date, and be aged 18 or over. The patients were aged 42 on average, and 54 percent were female. The most common symptoms in this group were a fever and cough. On average, patients had symptoms for six days before they were admitted to the facility. All of the patients took antiviral treatments.-19, defined as having a fever, respiratory tract symptoms, and chest scans which confirmed they had pneumonia.
atients were discharged if they hadn't had a fever for over three days, saw a significant improvement in their respiratory tract symptoms and lung scans, and two negativeAfter studying the patients' medical records, the researchers noted the length of time between patients reporting their first COVID-19 symptoms and their negative-2 test. On average, it took 17 days for patients to test negative. The time of shedding ranged from six to 47 days in one patient.
The team pinpointed certain variables which were linked to patients shedding the bug for over 17 days. They found those with the highest temperature, at 38.3 degrees Celsius on average, patients who stayed in hospital longest, and those who had symptoms for a longer period before they were admitted to hospital appeared to shed the virus for a longer period. Patients who coughed up blood were more likely to shed for over 17 days.
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