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cord-306034-1u29o2id	Cazzolla, Angela P.	Taste and Smell Disorders in COVID-19 Patients: Role of Interleukin-6	2020-08-04		.txt	text/plain	4014	193	47	[Image: see text] The rapid recovery of smell and taste functions in COVID-19 patients could be attributed to a decrease in interleukin-6 levels rather than central nervous system ischemic injury or viral damage to neuronal cells. To correlate interleukin-6 levels in COVID-19 patients with olfactory or gustatory dysfunctions and to investigate the role of IL-6 in the onset of these disorders, this observational study investigated 67 COVID-19 patients with taste or smell disorders or both, who did not require intensive care admission, admitted at COVID Hospital of Policlinico of Bari from March to May 2020. Interleukin-6 levels in COVID-19 patients in relation to olfactory or gustatory disorders were correlated from the time of their admission to the time of swab negativization. The aim was to monitor and to correlate IL-6 levels in laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 patients with olfactory or gustatory disorders from the time of their admission to the time of swab negativization.	./cache/cord-306034-1u29o2id.txt	./txt/cord-306034-1u29o2id.txt