Inflammatory response and NCP antigenemia in ICU and non-ICU patients
Patients were grouped into those requiring intensive care (ICU patients) versus those without need for ventilatory support (non-ICU patients). Higher levels of CRP and IL-6 were found in ICU compared to non-ICU patients (Fig. S2A,B). Based on this differentiation, we found that NCP antigenemia correlated positively with both CRP and IL-6 in ICU, but not in non-ICU patients (Fig. S2C,D). NCP antigenemia was significantly higher in patients ≥75 years of age (Table S1). Sex was not associated with increased antigenemia.