Clinical Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia Compared to Controls in Chinese Han Population

Yang Xu; Yi-rong Li; Qiang Zeng; Zhi-bing Lu; Yong-zhe Li; Wei Wu; Sheng-yong Dong; Gang Huang; Xing-huan Wang

Our findings also show significant differences (p < 0.05) in lactate dehydrogenase, troponin I, D-dimer, procalcitonin, and interleukin-6 (IL6) between mild and severe or critical cases ( Table 1) . Levels of aspartate aminotransferase of patients were elevated in comparison with normal controls. The levels of C reaction protein (CRP) were 121-fold higher than the value in normal controls, however, no difference observed between mild and severe or critical cases (Table 1, Table 2 ). There are 3.6% patients with acute kidney injury, however, no difference observed between mild and severe cases. 14 There is no acute kidney injury since serum creatinine level is within a normal range ( Table 1, Table 2 ), indicating that patients with comorbidities might prone to acute kidney injury. 14 All patients were tested for nine respiratory pathogens, the nucleic acid of influenza viruses A and B. We did not find other respiratory viruses in any of the patients. Three cases of fungal infections were diagnosed as Candida albicans.