CRP/Neopterin Ratio and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Patients with Different Forms of Pneumonia: Results of a Pilot Study.

Katharina Konstanze Lilly WagnerDaniele CordaAndreas SteinmayrFrancesco BurkertDietmar Fuchs Johanna M GostnerStefanie HoferLucia ParrakovaIrina GasslitterGuenter Weiss Christian IrsaraSarah MaierAndrea GriesmacherRosa Bellmann-WeilerKatharina Kurz

Published in: Microorganisms (2024)

The CRP/Neopterin ratio is useful to differentiate between viral and bacterial pathogenesis. The occurrence of neuropsychiatric symptoms in pneumonia appears to depend on the kind of pathogen causing the infection. Lower CRP concentrations at admission appear to be related to fatigue during acute viral and bacterial infection.

Keyphrases

respiratory failure
sars cov
sleep quality
liver failure
emergency department
risk assessment
drug induced
community acquired pneumonia
candida albicans
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
hepatitis b virus