Different pattern of the second outbreak of COVID-19 in Marseille, France

Objective: To describe the characteristics of COVID-19 patients seen in March-April and June-August 2020 in Marseille, France with the aim to investigate possible changes in the disease between these two time periods. Methods: Demographics, hospitalization rate, transfer to intensive care unit (ICU), lethality, clinical and biological parameters were investigated. Results: Compared to those seen in March-April, COVID-19 patients seen in June-August were significantly younger (39.2 vs. 45.3 years), more likely to be male (52.9% vs. 45.6%), and less likely to be hospitalized (10.7 vs. 18.0%), to be transferred to ICU (0.9% vs. 1.8%) and to die (0.1% vs. 1.1%). Their mean fibrinogen and D-dimer blood levels were lower (1.0 vs. 1.5 g/L and 0.6 vs. 1.1 μg/mL, respectively). By contrast, their viral load was higher (cycle threshold ≤16 = 5.1% vs. 3.7%). Conclusions: Patients in the two periods did not present marked age and sex differences, but markers of severity were undoubtedly less prevalent in the summer period, associating with a 10 times decrease in the lethality rate..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:102

Enthalten in:

International Journal of Infectious Diseases - 102(2021), Seite 17-19

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Philippe Gautret [VerfasserIn]
Philippe Colson [VerfasserIn]
Jean Christophe Lagier [VerfasserIn]
Laurence Camoin-Jau [VerfasserIn]
Audrey Giraud-Gatineau [VerfasserIn]
Sophia Boudjema [VerfasserIn]
Julie Finance [VerfasserIn]
Hervé Chaudet [VerfasserIn]
Didier Raoult [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Lethality
Seasonality
Severity markers

doi:

10.1016/j.ijid.2020.10.005

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DOAJ055485545