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cord-264220-xfptlkuc	Tan, Chaochao	C‐reactive protein correlates with computed tomographic findings and predicts severe COVID‐19 early	2020-04-25		.txt	text/plain	1903	103	53	Additionally, the early identification of patients who will become severely ill could facilitate the allocation of the limited Abbreviations: AUC, area under the receiver-operating curve; CRP, C-reactive protein; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; NLR, granulocyte/lymphocyte ratio; ROC, receiver operating characteristic; WBC, white blood cell. Changes in the number of lymphocytes, C-reactive protein (CRP), and erythrocyte sedimentation rates (ESR) have been previously reported in COVID-19 patients, but little is known about their correlation with disease severity. In this study, we aimed to compare clinical laboratory biomarkers between SARS-COV-2 and influenza infection, and also between mild and severe COVID-19 patients, to explore the most useful prognostic factors for early, accurate, and individualized assessment of COVID-19 patients. Moreover, the NLR showed changing trends similar to the lymphocyte numbers, which became significantly higher in the severe group at the recovery stage ( Figure 2D ). Moreover, CRP and ESR increased significantly at the early stage in severe COVID-19 patients, before identification of any change by the CT scores.	./cache/cord-264220-xfptlkuc.txt	./txt/cord-264220-xfptlkuc.txt