🧵 1/ Presumed #covid19 reinfection (first cases mild, second cases more severe) in five elderly Kentucky nursing home residents w/ multiple co-morbidities, > three months apart.
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2/ The patients were elderly with multiple chronic health conditions.
They had confirmed infections in a July outbreak at their nursing home- these were described as very mild, w/ only 2 having symptoms at all.
They had at least 4 negative PCR since their first pos tests.
They had confirmed infections in a July outbreak at their nursing home- these were described as very mild, w/ only 2 having symptoms at all.
They had at least 4 negative PCR since their first pos tests.
3/ The second outbreak started at the same SNF on October 30th.
5 tested positive again, 3 with known roommate exposures.
7 who were previously infected did not test positive but further details about them (did they have more severe initial cases?) not included.
5 tested positive again, 3 with known roommate exposures.
7 who were previously infected did not test positive but further details about them (did they have more severe initial cases?) not included.
4/ So this was an observation in a small cohort of patients who were all >65 w/ multiple comorbidities who had mild infection initially & presumably were reinfected >3 months later. #covid19
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