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Table 1 Pericardial fluid analysis

From: Detection of SARS-CoV-2 and HHV-8 from a large pericardial effusion in an HIV-positive patient with COVID-19 and clinically diagnosed Kaposi sarcoma: a case report

Assessment

Result

Color

Red

Clarity

Turbid

Red blood cell

Too numerous to count

White blood cell

182 cells/mm3

Neutrophils

12%

Lymphocytes

70%

Monocytes

16%

Acid-fast bacilli smear

Negative

Xpert MTB/Rif Assay

Not detected

Potassium hydroxide exam

Negative

Human Herpesvirus-8 qPCR

Detected (6 × 103 copies/mL)

SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR

Detected (RdRP gene Ct value—35.8,

E gene Ct value—35.9)

Parallel SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR for NP/OP swab

Detected (RdRP gene Ct value—18.6,

E gene Ct value—33.7)

Conventional multiplex PCR for Influenza A, Influenza B, Parainfluenza Virus 1–4, Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human Metapneumovirus, Rhinovirus, Human Coronavirus OC43, Human Coronavirus 229E

Not detected

Cytology

Chronic inflammatory pattern, no malignant cell identified

Bacterial culture studies

No growth

  1. Ct value—cycle threshold value, NP/OP nasopharyngeal/oropharyngeal, qPCR quantitative polymerase chain reaction, RT-PCR real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction