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  • Immunology

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  • Shortened isolation periods for COVID-19 contrast with prolonged SARS-CoV-2 shedding in immunocompromised individuals.
  • Understanding viral clearance in this population is crucial due to persistent shedding.

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  • To estimate SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus-2) clearance probabilities in immunocompromised patients.
  • To identify risk factors influencing viral clearance, such as elapsed days and specific treatments.

Main Methods:

  • Prospective enrollment of immunocompromised patients diagnosed with COVID-19 (January 2022-May 2023).
  • Weekly respiratory specimen collection for viral load and culture.
  • Univariate, multivariate, and Cox time-varying proportional hazard models to identify predictors of viral culture negative conversion.

Main Results:

  • Among 70 patients, 69% had hematologic malignancies and 31% had solid organ transplants.
  • B-cell depleting agents and initial viral copy number significantly affected viral culture negative conversion.
  • Over 90% of patients not on B-cell depleting agents cleared the virus by Day 84; those on these agents showed delayed clearance.

Conclusions:

  • Estimating SARS-CoV-2 clearance probabilities aids in guiding individualized isolation decisions for immunocompromised patients.
  • Delayed viral clearance in certain subgroups necessitates tailored isolation policies.