2022
Laboratory Diagnosis for SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Christensen BB, Azar MM, Turbett SE. Laboratory Diagnosis for SARS-CoV-2 Infection. Infectious Disease Clinics Of North America 2022, 36: 327-347. PMID: 35636903, PMCID: PMC9141924, DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2022.02.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSARS-CoV-2 infectionClinical syndromeMolecular testingPatient's clinical syndromeReverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reactionOptimal diagnostic testCOVID-19 infectionSymptom onsetAcute infectionAntigen testingSerologic testingAcute diagnosisPolymerase chain reactionLaboratory diagnosisDiagnostic testsInfectionChain reactionDiagnosisSyndromeTesting
2020
Diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the setting of the cytokine release syndrome
Azar MM, Shin JJ, Kang I, Landry M. Diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the setting of the cytokine release syndrome. Expert Review Of Molecular Diagnostics 2020, 20: 1087-1097. PMID: 32990479, DOI: 10.1080/14737159.2020.1830760.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSARS-CoV-2Immune profileCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2 infectionCytokine release syndromeAdaptive immune cellsMultiple inflammatory cytokinesSARS-CoV-2 RNAFalse-negative resultsRelease syndromeInfectious complicationsIL-10Laboratory markersD-dimerInflammatory moleculesIP-10IL-6Inflammatory cytokinesMCP-1Acute diagnosisIL-2Immune cellsClinical severityTherapeutic benefitPathogenic contribution