Use of Rapid Antigen Detection Tests Versus Viral Culture in De-isolation Decision-Making for Critically Ill Patients Infected with Omicron B.1.1.529

Use of Rapid Antigen Detection Tests Versus Viral Culture in De-isolation Decision-Making for Critically Ill Patients Infected with Omicron B.1.1.529

Background COVID-19 vaccination effectively decreased hospitalization and mortality during the surge of infections with the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. However, patients infected with the Omicron variant who did not receive a third COVID-19 vaccine booster often required critical care unit (CCU) adm...

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Main Authors: Abeer N. Alshukairi, Ashraf Dada, Yasser Aldabbagh, Mohammed F. Saeedi, Sherif A. El-Kafrawy, Ahmed M. Hassan, Thamir A. Alandijany, Mohammad K. Al Hroub, Basem M. Alraddadi, Imran Khalid, Ghadeer E. Albishi, Mohammed Qutub, Aiman El-Saed, Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq, Fatimah S. Alhamlan, Esam I. Azhar, Awad Al-Omari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2023-07-01
Series:Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Journal
Subjects:
critical care
omicron
rapid antigen detection test
viral culture
viral shedding
Online Access:https://journals.lww.com/10.1007/s44229-023-00037-y
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