Combining predictive markers for severe COVID-19: Torquetenovirus DNA load and SARS-CoV-2 RNAemia

Article Virology

SARS-CoV-2 RNAemia with a higher nasopharyngeal viral load is strongly associated with disease severity and mortality in patients with COVID-19

Hitoshi Kawasuji et al.

Summary: This study found a relatively high proportion of SARS-CoV-2 RNAemia in COVID-19 patients and its association with clinical severity, suggesting the potential utility of combining serum testing with NP tests as a prognostic indicator for COVID-19. Among patients with RNAemia, the viral loads of NP swabs were correlated with disease severity and mortality, with higher quality than each separate test.

JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY (2022)

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Review Virology

Predictors ofCOVID-19 severity: A literature review

Benjamin Gallo Marin et al.

Summary: The severity and mortality of COVID-19 may be associated with patient age, multiple comorbidities, hypoxia, extensive lung involvement on CT scans, laboratory abnormalities, and biomarkers of end-organ dysfunction.

REVIEWS IN MEDICAL VIROLOGY (2021)

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Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

On-admission SARS-CoV-2 RNAemia as a single potent predictive marker of critical condition development and mortality in COVID-19

Shoji Miki et al.

Summary: This study demonstrates that SARS-CoV-2 RNAemia is a potent predictive marker of COVID-19 critical condition and mortality, with an adjusted OR for critical condition as high as 125.71.

PLOS ONE (2021)

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Article Immunology