Impact of Serum Pro-calcitonin Level Among SARS-CoV-2 Infected Patients: Emphasizing on A Medullary Thyroid Cancer Survivor in Kolkata, India
Rajendra Prasad Chatterjee1, Shilpa Chatterjee2, Subhendu Sikdar1, Aparna Chowdhury3, Debolina Bhattacharjee4, Titlee Majumder5, Nilanjana Mitra6, Bithika Pramanik7, Biswajit Das8 and Reena Ray Ghosh9*
1 Virus Research & Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, R. G. Kar Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata, India.
2 Department of Biomedical Science, Chosun University College of Medicine, Gwangju, South Korea.
3 Virology Unit, Department of Microbiology, School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata, India.
4 Department of Biotechnology, Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata, India.
5 Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Swami Vivekananda University, Barrackpore, India.
6 Department of Psychology, Swami Vivekananda University, Barrackpore, India.
7 Department of Life Sciences, Presidency University, Kolkata, India.
8 Department of Microbiology, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, India.
9 Department of Microbiology, Diamond Harbour Government Medical College and Hospital, Diamond Harbour, India.
*Corresponding Author: Prof. (Dr.) Reena Ray Ghosh (Head), Department of Microbiology, Diamond Harbour Government Medical College and Hospital, Diamond Harbour, West Bengal, India. E-mail: ghoshreena@hotmail.com
DOI: https://doi.org/10.58624/SVOAMB.2023.04.030
Received: July 09, 2023 Published: August 14, 2023
Abstract
The coronavirus that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV-2) is a positive sense single stranded RNA (ssRNA) virus that first appeared in China and has spread throughout the world since late 2019. The SARS-CoV-2 virus causes a mild to severe respiratory infection that affects not just the lungs but also pancreas and other endocrine glands, as well as responsible for ischemic stroke and sexual dysfunctions. Serum pro-calcitonin (PCT) levels have been linked to the severity of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in several investigations. According to our studies, high PCT levels are linked to a greater risk of severe COVID-19 infection in patients, as well as its involvement and role in a COVID-19 infected cancer survivor. This is the first study we are aware of from India that shows COVID-19 infected people should have regular PCT screening may help clinicians to plan intensive care unit (ICU) placement and detect any recurrence of past illness if any.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; Pro-calcitonin; Medullary Thyroid Cancer; COVID-19.
Citation: Chatterjee RP, Chatterjee S, Sikdar S, Chowdhury A, Bhattacharjee D, Majumder T, Mitra N, Pramanik B, Das B, Ghosh RR. Impact of Serum Pro-calcitonin Level Among SARS-CoV-2 Infected Patients: Emphasizing on A Medullary Thyroid Cancer Survivor in Kolkata, India. SVOA Microbiology 2023, 4:2, 42-47.
