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J. Korean Med. Sci. · Oct 2022
Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio and Monocyte-Lymphocyte Ratio According to the Radiologic Severity of Mycobacterium avium Complex Pulmonary Disease.
- Mi-Ae Kim, Yea Eun Park, Yong Pil Chong, Tae Sun Shim, and Kyung-Wook Jo.
- Department of Internal Medicine, Dongsan Medical Center, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
- J. Korean Med. Sci. 2022 Oct 17; 37 (40): e292.
BackgroundTo date, no study has investigated whether the neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and monocyte-lymphocyte ratio (MLR) have a clinical value in Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC)-pulmonary disease (PD).MethodsWe aimed to assess whether the baseline NLR and MLR were different according to the severity of MAC-PD based on the radiologic classification by retrospectively analyzing 549 patients treated in a tertiary referral center in South Korea.ResultsBoth NLR and MLR were significantly higher as 3.33 and 0.43 respectively in the fibrocavitary type, followed by 2.34 and 0.27 in the cavitary nodular bronchiectatic type and significantly lower as 1.88 and 0.23 in the non-cavitary nodular bronchiectatic type.ConclusionThe baseline NLR and MLR showed a distinct difference in accordance with the radiologic severity of MAC-PD.© 2022 The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences.
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