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. 2017 Jan;32(1):151-154.
doi: 10.3346/jkms.2017.32.1.151.

Differential Cell Count and CRP Level in Blood as Predictors for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection in Acute Febrile Patients during Nosocomial Outbreak

Ga Eun Park  1 , Cheol In Kang  2 , Jae Hoon Ko  1 , Sun Young Cho  1 , Young Eun Ha  1 , Yae Jean Kim  3 , Kyong Ran Peck  1 , Jae Hoon Song  1 , Doo Ryeon Chung  1
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Differential Cell Count and CRP Level in Blood as Predictors for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection in Acute Febrile Patients during Nosocomial Outbreak

Ga Eun Park et al. J Korean Med Sci. 2017 Jan.

Abstract

A case-control study was performed to identify clinical predictors for Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection among patients with acute febrile illness during the nosocomial outbreak. Patients with MERS-CoV were more likely to have monocytosis with normal white blood cell (WBC) count and lower C-reactive protein (CRP) level. Simple laboratory data such as complete blood counts (CBC) with differential count could be a useful marker for the prediction of MERS and triage at the initial presentation of acute febrile patients in outbreak setting.

Keywords: Coronavirus; Middle East Respiratory Syndrome; Monocytosis; Predictors.

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The authors have no potential conflicts of interest to disclose.

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Fig. 1. Study inclusion and exclusion criteria applied for patient identification.
MERS = Middle East respiratory syndrome.
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