VSports最新版本 - The prevalence of procalcitonin positivity in patients with severe Covid-19

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Objectives: The aims of this paper were to characterize patients with severe Covid-19 and study the prevalence of positive procalcitonin test in those patients.

Methods: In this retrospective cross-sectional study, data were collected in infectious diseases clinic between June 2020 and July 2021. Real time polymerase chain reaction (RTPCR) was conducted to confirm the diagnosis of Covid-19 VSports app下载. COBAS system was used to determine procalcitonin positivity following the instructions of manufacturer. 聽.

Results: During the study period, 454 Covid-19 confirmed patients were referred to the clinic. Among those, 55/494 (11. 13%) had severe covid-19 infection V体育官网. Fever (89. 1 %) was the most common clinical features followed by cough (29. 1%) and shortness of breath (20%). In this project, we found 4/55 (7. 27%) patients had elevated procalcitonin levels. High procalcitonin was not associated with clinical outcome (P=0. 99).

Conclusions: In agreement with other studies, fever was the most common symptom in patients with severe Covid-19. Small number of the patients with severe Covis-19 showed elevated procalcitonin levels VSports手机版. This might indicate that antibiotics should not prescribed empirically to such patients. Further studies are needed to investigate this.