Diagnostic value of serum KL-6 and IL-6 levels in critically ill patients with COVID-19-associated pneumonia

J Infect. 2022 Nov;85(5):573-607. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2022.08.016. Epub 2022 Aug 28.

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Changwon-si 51353, Republic of Korea.
² Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Republic of Korea.
³ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: bsshin83@gmail.com.
⁴ Division of Infectious Diseases, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Changwon-si 51353, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: yrhg95@naver.com.

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Keywords: COVID-19; Interleukin-6; Krebs von den lungen-6; Mortality; SARS-CoV-2.

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