Publications by authors named "Deborah Chooi Mun Lai"
Article Synopsis
- Prolonged shedding of COVID-19 is notable in patients treated with anti-CD20 agents like rituximab, with cases of occult infection, where the virus persists in the lungs despite negative nasal tests, being rare.
- Two immunocompromised patients, previously treated with rituximab, showed ground-glass infiltrates in lung scans, and despite negative SARS-CoV-2 results in nasal swabs, they were diagnosed with ongoing infection after testing lung fluid.
- The findings suggest that negative nasal tests don’t rule out lung infections, indicating the need for invasive tests like bronchoalveolar lavage; this also emphasizes the importance of strict infection control during procedures that might spread the virus.
