Plasma CRP level is positively associated with the severity of COVID-19

Chen, Wei; I. Zheng, Kenneth; Liu, Saiduo; Yan, Zhihan; Xu, Chongyong; Qiao, Zengpei

doi:10.1186/s12941-020-00362-2

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Plasma CRP level is positively associated with the severity of COVID-19

Published in Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials • May 15, 2020

Authors:

Wei Chen

Kenneth I. Zheng

Saiduo Liu

Abstract

AIMS: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is characterized as highly contagious and deadly; however there is no credible and convenient biomarker to predict the severity of the disease. The aim of the present study was to estimate whether the CRP level is able to act as a marker in indicating th...

Subject

Pneumonia

Medicine

Internal medicine

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