Procalcitonin accurately predicts mortality but not bacterial infection in COVID-19 patients admitted to intensive care unit

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), route de Lennick 808, Brussels, 1070, Belgium. cvhomweg@gmail.com.
• ² Intensive Care Unit, CHU Saint Pierre, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Rue haute 322, Brussels, 1000, Belgium.
• ³ Emergency Department, CHU Saint Pierre, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium.
• ⁴ Department of Infectious Diseases, CHU Saint Pierre, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium.
• ⁵ Department of Clinical Chemistry, Laboratoire Hospitalier Universitaire de Bruxelles (LHUB-ULB), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium.