Viral RNA load in plasma is associated with critical illness and a dysregulated host response in COVID-19

Abstract Background COVID-19 can course with respiratory and extrapulmonary disease. SARS-CoV-2 RNA is detected in respiratory samples but also in blood, stool and urine. Severe COVID-19 is characterized by a dysregulated host response to this virus. We studied whether viral RNAemia or viral RNA loa...

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Main Authors: Jesús F. Bermejo-Martin, Milagros González-Rivera, Raquel Almansa, Dariela Micheloud, Ana P. Tedim, Marta Domínguez-Gil, Salvador Resino, Marta Martín-Fernández, Pablo Ryan Murua, Felipe Pérez-García, Luis Tamayo, Raúl Lopez-Izquierdo, Elena Bustamante, César Aldecoa, José Manuel Gómez, Jesús Rico-Feijoo, Antonio Orduña, Raúl Méndez, Isabel Fernández Natal, Gregoria Megías, Montserrat González-Estecha, Demetrio Carriedo, Cristina Doncel, Noelia Jorge, Alicia Ortega, Amanda de la Fuente, Félix del Campo, José Antonio Fernández-Ratero, Wysali Trapiello, Paula González-Jiménez, Guadalupe Ruiz, Alyson A. Kelvin, Ali Toloue Ostadgavahi, Ruth Oneizat, Luz María Ruiz, Iria Miguéns, Esther Gargallo, Ioana Muñoz, Sara Pelegrin, Silvia Martín, Pablo García Olivares, Jamil Antonio Cedeño, Tomás Ruiz Albi, Carolina Puertas, Jose Ángel Berezo, Gloria Renedo, Rubén Herrán, Juan Bustamante-Munguira, Pedro Enríquez, Ramón Cicuendez, Jesús Blanco, Jesica Abadia, Julia Gómez Barquero, Nuria Mamolar, Natalia Blanca-López, Luis Jorge Valdivia, Belén Fernández Caso, María Ángeles Mantecón, Anna Motos, Laia Fernandez-Barat, Ricard Ferrer, Ferrán Barbé, Antoni Torres, Rosario Menéndez, José María Eiros, David J. Kelvin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-12-01
Series:Critical Care
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-020-03398-0