Abstract
Several cases of positive real time-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) results (called “re-positives”) after recovery from COVID-19 have emerged worldwide. These cases could represent patients experiencing a “turn positive” of nucleic acid detection attributed to the high false-negative rate of RT-PCR. On the contrary, in symptomatic patients, the possibility of reactivation or true reinfection remains. We hypothesize that people with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus might be at a high risk of reinfections with COVID-19 attributed to the impaired adaptive immune response. In fact, multiple cases of re-positives/re-infections in people with diabetes mellitus have hitherto been reported.
Keywords: COVID-19; Diabetes mellitus; Reinfections.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, Diabetes Mellitus, Reinfections., 【초록키워드】 Diabetes Mellitus, diabetes, RT-PCR, polymerase chain reaction, nucleic acid, Reinfection, Reactivation, Symptomatic patients, Nucleic acid detection, Patient, Adaptive immune response, false-negative rate, high risk, Re-infections, Chain Reaction, contrary, positive, reported, with COVID-19, 【제목키워드】 Reinfection,