Hematological predictors of novel Coronavirus infection
Gülali Aktaş
Abstract
Can the neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR) have a role in the diagnosis of coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19)? by Nalbant et al. Neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR), Platelet /lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and c-reactive protein (CRP), three important inflammatory markers, were found to be higher in Covid-19 positive patients than Covid-19 negative subjects 1 . CRP is a universal inflammatory marker and increases in many infectious and inflammatory conditions. Despite that the correlation between NLR and CRP or PLR and CRP was not evaluated in the study, the authors found that an NLR level greater than 2.4% has an odds ratio of 20.3 for positive Covid-19 test result 1 .
Topics & Concepts
Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratioMedicineCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Odds ratioInternal medicineMean platelet volumeLymphocyteC-reactive proteinCoronavirusPlateletImmunologySevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)GastroenterologyInterleukin 6InflammationDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease PrognosisCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesCOVID-19 Impact on Reproduction