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Gaceta médica de México
On-line version ISSN 2696-1288Print version ISSN 0016-3813
Abstract
VEGA-DE LOPRESTI, Yelitza et al. Upper respiratory tract viral load quantification in COVID-19 patients at hospital admission and its association with disease severity. Gac. Méd. Méx [online]. 2022, vol.158, n.5, pp.320-326. Epub Nov 18, 2022. ISSN 2696-1288. https://doi.org/10.24875/gmm.22000021.
Introduction:
There are aspects of COVID-19 pathogenesis that are still unknown.
Objective:
To determine the relationship between severity, mortality and viral replication in patients with COVID-19.
Methods:
Clinical characteristics, severity and mortality of 203 patients hospitalized for COVID-19 were analyzed and correlated with viral load (VL) and threshold cycle (TC) at admission; nasopharyngeal swab was obtained.
Results:
Mean VLs in surviving patients with mild to moderate, moderate to severe and severe disease were the following: 6.8 × 106, 7.6 × 107 and 1.0 × 109, respectively; and in patients with critical disease who died, VL was 1.70 × 109. TCs were 26.06, 24.07, 22.66 and 21.78 for the same groups. In those who died, a higher mean VL was observed at admission in comparison with those who survived (1.7 × 109 vs 9.84 × 106; p < 0.001). A significant correlation was observed between VL, severity and death (r = 0.254, p < 0.045 and r = 0.21, p < 0.015). High VL was associated with increased in-hospital mortality in comparison with low VL (OR = 2.926, p < 0.017).
Conclusion:
SARS-CoV-2 VL determined at hospital admission might classify risk simultaneously with other factors described in COVID-19.
Keywords : COVID-19; Viral load; In-hospital mortality; SARS-CoV-2.