Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio in Predicting Infective Endocarditis: A Case-Control Retrospective Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Infective endocarditis (IE) is a complex infectious disease with high morbidity and mortality. The inflammation mechanism of IE is a complex network including interactions of inflammatory cytokines and other components of host response. As an important inflammation marker, the prediction ability of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in IE deserves further investigation.

Methods

NLR values were measured and compared between IE patients and healthy controls, good and bad clinical outcome groups. The receiver operating characteristic curves (ROCs) of NLR and cut-off values were measured in IE patients, pathogen-subgroups, and different clinical outcome groups.

Results

There were 678 IE patients and 2520 healthy controls enrolled in our study. The number of g

SUBMITTER: Chen Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7735837 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature