{"title":"Serum Total and Free Prostate Specific Antigen Levels as Novel Biomarker in Patients with COVID-19","authors":"","doi":"10.22317/imj.v5i3.1034","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic value of TPSA and FPSA for early detection of COVID-19 and compare it with a control group. Methods: This is a retrospective study of 146 patients from the Respiratory Clinic in Sebha city, 73 of whom have COVID-19 PCR-confirmed and 73 who do not have COVID-19 (group control). Results: The mean and standard division age in the PCR-confirmed COVID-19 group was 61.51±16.40. In the PCR-confirmed COVID-19 group, the mean and standard division serum biomarker level for TPSA was 0.51±.26 ng/ml, and 0.57± 0.32 for FPSA. Conclusion: For the biomarkers TPSA and FPSA, there were no significant differences between the control and PCR-confirmed COVID-19 groups. These findings suggest that the tumor biomarker may be ineffective in detecting COVID-19.","PeriodicalId":32555,"journal":{"name":"Iraq Medical Journal","volume":"43 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Iraq Medical Journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.22317/imj.v5i3.1034","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic value of TPSA and FPSA for early detection of COVID-19 and compare it with a control group. Methods: This is a retrospective study of 146 patients from the Respiratory Clinic in Sebha city, 73 of whom have COVID-19 PCR-confirmed and 73 who do not have COVID-19 (group control). Results: The mean and standard division age in the PCR-confirmed COVID-19 group was 61.51±16.40. In the PCR-confirmed COVID-19 group, the mean and standard division serum biomarker level for TPSA was 0.51±.26 ng/ml, and 0.57± 0.32 for FPSA. Conclusion: For the biomarkers TPSA and FPSA, there were no significant differences between the control and PCR-confirmed COVID-19 groups. These findings suggest that the tumor biomarker may be ineffective in detecting COVID-19.