Microbiology - Infectious diseases including COVID 19

Pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) is associated with inflammatory hyper-response and alterations in the coagulation profile. D-dimer elevation is frequent and values above 1 g/mL have been associated with increased severity and in-hospital mortality. Previous retrospective studies have shown a high prevalence of pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) in patients with COVID-19, although in these studies diagnostic tests were performed only when there was clinical suspicion of PTE.