Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

April 14, 2020

C-reactive protein correlates with CT findings and predicts severe COVID-19 early

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  • Clinical parameters from 27 consecutive COVID-19 patients and 75 flu patients at initial, progression, peak, and recovery stages of illness were analyzed. The authors found that C-reactive protein in severe COVID-19 patients increased significantly at the initial stage, prior to CT findings, and suggest that this could be used as an early predictor of severe disease.

Tan et al. (April 13, 2020). C-reactive protein correlates with CT findings and predicts severe COVID-19 early. J Med Virol. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmv.25871