Evidence of Neutralizing Antibodies Indicating COVID-19 Cure Within One Month | Bentham Science
Journal: Anti-Infective Agents
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Author(s): Yasir M. Abdulateef, Zainab N. Ayad, Haitham Noaman*, Marwa F. Fadhel, Mahammad Z. Taha, Fatima M. Rafeeq and Ahmed Y. Salih
Published on: 08 March, 2024
DOI: 10.2174/0122113525284502240217161226
Abstract
Background: During COVID-19 pandemic a major conflict facing clinician where to prove cure of the patients.
Aims: The idea of confirming curability is based on clinical evaluation of the symptoms, laboratory investigations, and specific IgM, IgG anti-SARS-CoV2 antibodies.
Patients and Methods: All patients had presented with clinical features of COVID-19 positive PCR attended private clinic doctors consultant in internal medicine and infectious diseases, they did investigations in Lagash land private medical laboratory in Baghdad investigated and screened for COVID-19 by S. ferritin, D-dimer, Complete blood picture and LDH. All were reevaluated in the first month of infection by clinical examination, retesting, and screening for COVID-19 IgM IgG later to prove cure or evidence of viral infection in PCR negative cases.
Results: All patients are of different ages with maximum years affected from adulthood till the age of one hundred years. Male were 170(54.3%) patients and females were 143 (45.7%) total 313 patients (100%). Most are moderate socioeconomic status, with a significant number having comorbidities.
Conclusion: SARS COVID-19 IgM, IgG levels can be used to confirm a cure of the infection.
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