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. 2022 May 30;11(11):3076. doi: 10.3390/jcm11113076

Correction: Di Micco et al. Clinical Differences between COVID-19 and a COVID-like Syndrome. J. Clin. Med. 2021, 10, 2519

Pierpaolo Di Micco 1,*, Giuseppe Camporese 2, Vincenzo Russo 3, Giuseppe Cardillo 4, Egidio Imbalzano 5, Antonella Tufano 6, Enrico Bernardi 7, Andrea Fontanella 1
PMCID: PMC9181535  PMID: 35683637

Incorrect Affiliation

In the published article [1], there was an error in the following affiliation: “Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Monaldi Hospital, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, 80131 Naples, Italy”, it should have been “Department of Translational Medical Sciences, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, 80131 Naples, Italy”.

Error in Table

In the original published article [1], there was a mistake in Table 1. The indexes in the scientific notation are missing. The corrected version appears below.

Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of patients with COVID-19-like syndrome and typical COVID-19.

Sign/Symptom COVID-like Patients
(n 50)
Typical COVID-19
(n 50)
p
Chills 41/50 39/50 0.7 *
Fever 42/50 36/50 0.2 *
Myalgia 46/50 35/50 5.6 × 10−3 **
Headache 38/50 31/50 0.1 *
Weakness 45/50 50/50 0.02 **
Anosmia 14/50 44/50 3.6 × 10−10 **
Lymphopenia (<1500 mmcube) 49/50 47/50 0.4 *
Increased CRP (>5 mg/dL) 47/50 50/50 0.09 *
Increased d-dimer (>500 µg/dL) 36/50 43/50 0.09 *
sO2 < 93% 2/50 46/50 1.4 × 10−21 **
Deep or superficial vein thrombosis 0/50 3/50 0.09 *
Major bleeding 1/50 2/50 0.7 *
Thromboprophylaxis with enoxaparin 19/50 50/50 2.9 × 10−12 **
Ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack 0/50 0/50 1 *
Critical limb ischemia 0/50 0/50 1 *
Pneumonia with ground-glass opacities at chest CT-scan 36/50 50/50 4.8 × 10−5 **
Symptoms lasting > 14 days 22/50 23/50 0.09 *
IgM/IgG anti-SARS-CoV2 50/50 50/50 1.00 *

* not statistically significant; ** statistically significant; CRP, C-reactive protein; sO2, oxygen saturation; IgM, immunoglobulin M; IgG, immunoglobulin G; CT, computerized tomography.

The authors apologize for any inconvenience that may have been caused, and state that the scientific conclusions are unaffected. The original article has been updated.

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Reference

  • 1.Di Micco P., Camporese G., Russo V., Cardillo G., Imbalzano E., Tufano A., Bernardi E., Fontanella A. Clinical Differences between COVID-19 and a COVID-Like Syndrome. J. Clin. Med. 2021;10:2519. doi: 10.3390/jcm10112519. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

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