Elevated serum pentraxin-3 levels is positively correlated to disease severity and coagulopathy in covid-19 patients

CONCLUSION Serum level of PTX3 was positively correlated with disease severity and coagulopathy. Detection of serum PTX3 level could assist to identify severer patients on admission and may be a potential therapeutic target for coagulopathy in patients with COVID-19.

Source: Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases - December 31, 2020 Category: Hematology Authors: Ming Tong, Ying Xiong, Chen Zhu, Hong Xu, Qing Zheng, Changping Hu, Yu Jiang, Lianhong Zou, Xiaolin Xiao, Fang Chen, Yimin Zhu Source Type: research