Are Serum Interleukin 6 and Surfactant Protein D Levels Associated with the Clinical Course of COVID-19?

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) has infected more than 7 million people worldwide in the short time since it emerged in Wuhan, China in December 2019. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between serum interleukin 6 (IL-6) and surfactant protein D (SP-D) levels and the clinical course and prognosis of COVID-19.

Materials and methods

The study included a total of 108 individuals: 88 patients who were diagnosed with COVID-19 by real-time PCR of nasopharyngeal swab samples and admitted to the Atatürk University Pulmonary Diseases and the Erzurum City Hospital Infectious Diseases department between March 24 and April 15, and 20 asymptomatic healthcare workers who had negative real-time PCR results during routine COVID-19 screening in our hospital.

Results</

SUBMITTER: Kerget B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7486805 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature