Serum procalcitonin level is independently associated with mechanical ventilation and case-fatality in hospitalized COVID-19-positive US veterans–A potential marker for disease severity

• Sujee Jeyapalina ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sujee Jeyapalina, Jayant P. Agarwal

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jay.agarwal@hsc.utah.edu (JPA); sujee.jeyapalina@hsc.utah.edu (SJ)

  Affiliations Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America, Division of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2199-7191

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• Guo Wei,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America

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• Gregory J. Stoddard,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America

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• Jack D. Sudduth,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6373-9994

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• Margaret Lundquist,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research, George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America

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• Merodean Huntsman,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America, Division of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America

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• Jessica L. Marquez,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3428-1579

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• Jayant P. Agarwal

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sujee Jeyapalina, Jayant P. Agarwal

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jay.agarwal@hsc.utah.edu (JPA); sujee.jeyapalina@hsc.utah.edu (SJ)

  Affiliations Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America, Division of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America

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