The long Pentraxin PTX3 serves as an early predictive biomarker of co-infections in COVID-19Research in context

Summary: Background: COVID-19 clinical course is highly variable and secondary infections contribute to COVID-19 complexity. Early detection of secondary infections is clinically relevant for patient outcome. Procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP) are the most used biomarkers of infection...

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Published in:	EBioMedicine
Main Authors:	Francesco Scavello, Enrico Brunetta, Sarah N. Mapelli, Emanuele Nappi, Ian David García Martín, Marina Sironi, Roberto Leone, Simone Solano, Giovanni Angelotti, Domenico Supino, Silvia Carnevale, Hang Zhong, Elena Magrini, Matteo Stravalaci, Alessandro Protti, Alessandro Santini, Elena Costantini, Victor Savevski, Antonio Voza, Barbara Bottazzi, Michele Bartoletti, Maurizio Cecconi, Alberto Mantovani, Paola Morelli, Federica Tordato, Cecilia Garlanda
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2024-07-01
Subjects:	PTX3 COVID-19 Biomarker Community-acquired infections Hospital-acquired infections
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352396424002482