Table 1.

Clinical relevance of inflammation markers in the SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis.^a

Biomolecular scenario	Clinical scenario
Procalcitonin: normal levels C-reactive protein: significantly increased levels	Often displayed in patients with COVID-19 infection.
C-reactive protein: quick and significantly elevated levels	Potentiality of secondary bacterial or fungal infection.
D-dimer: significantly elevated levels	Severe cases of COVID-19 infection. Probability of poor prognosis.
IL-6 and IL-10: dramatically increased levels	Severe condition of COVID-19 infection.

^a(“COVID-19 and Coagulopathy - Hematology.org, 2020; “Read Online-Handbook of COVID-19 Prevention and Treatment.pdf,” 2020).