Lipid testing in infectious diseases: possible role in diagnosis and prognosis.
Sebastian Filippas-NtekouanEvangelos N LiberopoulosMoses ElisafPublished in: Infection (2017)
Lipid testing may be of help to assess response to treatment in septic patients and those with various acute infections (such as pneumonia, leptospirosis and others). Diagnostically, new onset of altered lipid levels should prompt the clinician to test for underlying infection (such as leishmaniasis).