Re:Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to...
by blywi on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @09:47AM
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This Chinese paper compares the sensitivity of diagnosis with chest CT vs RT-PCR:
"In a series of 51 patients with chest CT and RT-PCR assay performed within 3 days, the sensitivity of CT for COVID-19 infection was 98% compared to RT-PCR sensitivity of 71% (p<.001)."
"In a series of 51 patients with chest CT and RT-PCR assay performed within 3 days, the sensitivity of CT for COVID-19 infection was 98% compared to RT-PCR sensitivity of 71% (p<.001)."
https://pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/radiol.2020200432