Correlation of interleukin-6 with Epstein-Barr virus levels in COVID-19

Georg Franz Lehner; Sebastian Johann Klein; Heinz Zoller; Andreas Peer; Romuald Bellmann; Michael Joannidis

doi:10.1186/s13054-020-03384-6

Correlation of interleukin-6 with Epstein-Barr virus levels in COVID-19

Crit Care. 2020 Nov 23;24(1):657. doi: 10.1186/s13054-020-03384-6.

Authors

Georg Franz Lehner¹, Sebastian Johann Klein¹, Heinz Zoller², Andreas Peer¹, Romuald Bellmann¹, Michael Joannidis³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck, Anichstraße 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria.
² Internal Medicine I, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck, Anichstraße 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria.
³ Division of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck, Anichstraße 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria. michael.joannidis@i-med.ac.at.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Coronavirus disease 2019; EBV; Epstein–Barr virus; IL-6; Inflammation; Interleukin-6; SARS-CoV-2; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Austria
Biomarkers / blood
COVID-19 / blood*
COVID-19 / therapy
Cytomegalovirus / metabolism*
Female
Herpesvirus 4, Human / metabolism*
Humans
Intensive Care Units
Interleukin-6 / blood*
Male
Middle Aged
Pneumonia, Viral / blood*
Pneumonia, Viral / therapy
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Registries
Respiration, Artificial
Retrospective Studies
SARS-CoV-2
Viral Load
Viremia / virology*

Substances

Biomarkers
Interleukin-6