Does CT help in reducing RT-PCR false negative rate for COVID-19?

Does CT help in reducing RT-PCR false negative rate for COVID-19?

Background: Early detection is the key to contain the ongoing pandemic. The current gold standard to detect SARS CoV2 is RT-PCR. However, it has a high false negative rate and long turnaround time. Purpose: In view of the high sensitivity of CT in detection of lower respiratory tract pathologies, a...

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Main Authors: Anirudh Kohli, Anagha Joshi, Ankur Shah, Richa D Jain, Abhishek Gorlawar, Amol Dhapare, Jigar Desai, Aditya Shetty, Chirag Shah, Prachi Ostwal, Anisha Talraja
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2021-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging
Subjects:
coronavirus disease-2019
ground glass opacity
reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction
severe acute respiratory syndrome
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/ijri.IJRI_739_20

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http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/ijri.IJRI_739_20

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