Low blood zinc concentrations in patients with poor clinical outcome during SARS-CoV-2 infection: is there a need to supplement with zinc COVID-19 patients?

Low blood zinc concentrations in patients with poor clinical outcome during SARS-CoV-2 infection: is there a need to supplement with zinc COVID-19 patients?

Among 275 patients with COVID-19, we found that median blood zinc level was significantly lower in patients with poor clinical outcome (N = 75) as compared to patients with good clinical outcome (N = 200) (840 μg/L versus 970 μg/L; p < 0.0001), suggesting that zinc supplementation could be useful...

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Main Authors: Grégory Dubourg, Jean-Christophe Lagier, Philippe Brouqui, Jean-Paul Casalta, Véronique Jacomo, Bernard La Scola, Jean-Marc Rolain, Didier Raoult
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-10-01
Series:Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection
Subjects:
Zinc
SARS-COV-2
Severe
Clinical outcome
Chloroquine
Azithromycin
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1684118221000268

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