March 3, 2020

Detectable serum SARS-CoV-2 viral load (RNAaemia) is closely associated with drastically elevated interleukin 6 (IL-6) level in critically ill COVID-19 patients

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Clinical Characteristics and Health Care Setting

• Detectable serum SARS-CoV-2 viral load appears to be associated with increased illness severity. Inflammatory cytokine IL-6 levels were also 10 times higher among critically ill patients compared to other patients.

Chen et al. (Mar 3, 2020). Detectable serum SARS-CoV-2 viral load (RNAaemia) is closely associated with drastically elevated interleukin 6 (IL-6) level in critically ill COVID-19 patients. Pre-print downloaded Mar 3 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.02.29.20029520