Several studies are being carried out on the effects of COVID-19 infection on various body organs. One such study has found hepatologic and dermatologic manifestations of the SARS-CoV-2 infection in COVID-19 patients. In addition, since sebum sampling is a rapid and non-invasive procedure, extensive research was conducted to evaluate the use of sebum testing as a potential tool for COVID-19 diagnosis and disease prognosis.
Researchers from several British universities evaluated the use of sebum as a tool for COVID-19 detection by carrying out a d etailed lipidomic analysis and orthogonal partial least-squares discriminant analysis (OPLS-DA) in 67 hospitalized patients, including 30 PCR-positive and 37 PCR-negative patients. In COVID-19-positive patients, total fatty acid derivatives were found to be reduced, indicating dyslipidemia . Dysregulation of lipidomes was also evident in the…
