Correlations between IL-6 serum level and olfactory dysfunction severity in COVID-19 patients: a preliminary study.
Luigi Angelo VairaAndrea De VitoGiovanna DeianaChiara PesFederica GiovandittoVito FioreJerome R LechienSerge-Daniel Le BonSven SaussezGiordano MadedduSergio BabudieriAntonio PazzolaFranco BandieraAlessandro Giuseppe FoisAndrea Fausto PianaClaire HopkinsGiacomo De RiuPublished in: European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (2021)
In COVID-19 patients, psychophysical olfactory scores did not show significant correlations with the plasma levels of a well-recognized negative prognostic factor such as IL-6. This observation casts some shadows on the positive prognostic value of olfactory dysfunctions.