Infectious SARS-CoV-2 in Feces of Patient with Severe COVID-19

Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Aug;26(8):1920-1922. doi: 10.3201/eid2608.200681. Epub 2020 May 18.

Abstract

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 was isolated from feces of a patient in China with coronavirus disease who died. Confirmation of infectious virus in feces affirms the potential for fecal-oral or fecal-respiratory transmission and warrants further study.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; feces; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; transmission; virus isolation; viruses; zoonoses.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antibodies, Viral / biosynthesis
  • Betacoronavirus / genetics
  • Betacoronavirus / immunology
  • Betacoronavirus / pathogenicity*
  • COVID-19
  • COVID-19 Testing
  • Clinical Laboratory Techniques / methods
  • Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis*
  • Coronavirus Infections / physiopathology
  • Coronavirus Infections / therapy
  • Coronavirus Infections / virology
  • Cough / diagnosis
  • Cough / physiopathology
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Feces / virology*
  • Fever / diagnosis
  • Fever / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / physiopathology
  • Pneumonia, Viral / therapy
  • Pneumonia, Viral / virology
  • RNA, Viral / genetics*
  • RNA, Viral / immunology
  • Respiration, Artificial
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Viral Load

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral
  • RNA, Viral