Evidence of Neutralizing Antibodies Indicating the Cure of Patients Infected with COVID-19 Within one Month of Infection

Title:Evidence of Neutralizing Antibodies Indicating the Cure of Patients Infected with COVID-19 Within one Month of Infection

Volume: 22 Issue: 4

Author(s): Yasir M. Abdulateef, Zainab N. Ayad, Haitham Noaman*, Marwa F. Fadhel, Mahammad Z. Taha, Fatima M. Rafeeq and Ahmed Y. Salih

Affiliation:

• Department of Medicine, College of Medicine / University of Anbar, Rumadi, Iraq

Abstract:

Background: During COVID-19 pandemic a major conflict facing the clinician where to prove cure of the patients.

Aims: The idea of confirming curability is based on clinical evaluation of the symptoms, laboratory investigations, and specific IgM, IgG anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies.

Materials and Methods: All patients had presented with clinical features of COVID-19 positive PCR attended private clinic doctors consultant in internal medicine and infectious diseases, they did investigations in Lagash land private medical laboratory in Baghdad investigated and screened for COVID-19 by S. ferritin, D-dimer, Complete blood picture and LDH. All were reevaluated in the first month of infection by clinical examination, retesting, and screening for COVID-19 IgM IgG later to prove cure or evidence of viral infection in PCR negative cases.

Results: All patients are of different ages with maximum years affected from adulthood till the age of one hundred years. Male were 170(54.3%) patients and females were 143 (45.7%) total 313 patients (100%). Most are moderate socioeconomic status, with a significant number having comorbidities.

Conclusion: SARS-COVID-19 IgM, IgG levels can be used to confirm a cure of the infection.

Cite this article as:

Abdulateef M. Yasir, Ayad N. Zainab, Noaman Haitham*, Fadhel F. Marwa, Taha Z. Mahammad, Rafeeq M. Fatima and Salih Y. Ahmed, Evidence of Neutralizing Antibodies Indicating the Cure of Patients Infected with COVID-19 Within one Month of Infection, Anti-Infective Agents 2024; 22 (4) : e080324227797 . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0122113525284502240217161226