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Total lymphocyte count as a tool for timing opportunistic infection prophylaxis in resource-limited settings: a study from India

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2010
Introduction: In resource-limited settings, due to the high cost of CD4 cell count testing, physicians must decide about opportunistic infection (OI) prophylaxis without a laboratory evaluation of HIV stage and level of immune suppression.
Sreenivasan Srirangaraj, Dasegowda Venkatesha   +1 more
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WHO Clinical Staging of HIV Infection and Disease, Tuberculosis and Eligibility for Antiretroviral Treatment: Relationship to CD4 Lymphocyte Counts. [PDF]

, 2005
SETTING: Thyolo district, Malawi. OBJECTIVES: To determine in HIV-positive individuals aged over 13 years CD4 lymphocyte counts in patients classified as WHO Clinical Stage III and IV and patients with active and previous tuberculosis (TB). DESIGN: Cross-
Ascurra, O, Gomani, P, Harries, A D, Humblet, P, Kusamale, J, Manzi, M, Nunn, P, Pasulani, O, Salaniponi, F M L, Scano, F, Teck, R, Zachariah, R   +11 more
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis Drives Expansion of Low-Density Neutrophils Equipped With Regulatory Activities [PDF]

, 2019
In human tuberculosis (TB) neutrophils represent the most commonly infected phagocyte but their role in protection and pathology is highly contradictory.
La Manna, M. P., Orlando, V., Paraboschi, E. M., Tamburini, B., Di Carlo, P., Cascio, A., Asselta, R., Dieli, F., Caccamo, N.   +8 more
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The lymphocyte levels of Hashimoto thyroiditis patients were significantly lower than that of healthy population

Frontiers in Endocrinology
Background and purposeHashimoto thyroiditis (HT) is an autoimmune disease without infectivity. We compared the differences of blood lymphocytes levels between HT patients and healthy people.Patients and methodsThis study included a total of 84 HT ...
Hui Xue, Ruyi Xu
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Pre-operative nutritional evaluation in liver transplant candidates

Brazilian Journal of Transplantation, 2005
Objective: The high prevalence of malnutrition in patients with end-stage of liver disease requires broad intensive measures to evaluate the pre-operative nutritional status while on the waiting list, aiming early disturbance corrections and a better ...
Daniela Salate Biagioni, Camila César Winckler, Regina Célia Callile de Paula, Milene Regina Bailo Gomes, Ricardo Augusto Monteiro de Barros Almeida, Juan Carlos Llanos, Giovanni Faria Silva, Alexandre Bakonyi Neto   +7 more
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Signal transduction and activator of transcription-3 (STAT3) in patients with colorectal cancer: associations with the phenotypic features of the tumour and host [PDF]

, 2017
Purpose: In patients with colorectal cancer (CRC), a high-density local inflammatory infiltrate response is associated with improved survival, whereas elevated systemic inflammatory responses are associated with poor survival.
Clark, Jennifer, Edwards, Joanne, Horgan, Paul G., McMillan, Donald C., Park, James H., Quinn, Jean A., Roxburgh, Campbell, Van Wyk, Hester C.   +7 more
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Utility of Total Lymphocyte Count as an Affordable Surrogate for CD4 Lymphocyte Count in HIV Infected Nepali Patients

Journal of AIDS & Clinical Research, 2014
Introduction: AIDS is a disease of human immune system caused by Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Immunologically it is defined as the condition characterized by CD4 cell count less than 200 cells/mm3. In developing countries the resource are limited so that CD4 count is not easily available in every parts of the country and is too expensive to afford ...
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Longitudinal Intra- and Inter-individual variation in T-cell subsets of HIV-infected and uninfected men participating in the LA Multi-Center AIDS Cohort Study. [PDF]

, 2019
To assess the intra-individual and inter-individuals biological variation and the effect of aging on lymphocyte T-cells subsets.We assessed lymphocyte phenotypes (CD3, CD4, and CD8 T-cells) in 89 HIV-1-infected and 88 uninfected white non-Hispanic men ...
Aziz, Najib, Chow, Marianne, Detels, Roger, Jamieson, Beth D, Martinez-Maza, Otoniel, Quint, Joshua J   +5 more
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Evaluation of WBC Parameters and Their Significance in COVID-19 Patients in Western Maharashtra, India

Medical Laboratory Journal, 2022
Background and objectives: In patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), white blood cell (WBC) abnormalities have been found worldwide with significant inter-regional differences.
Rajendra Zope, Prachi Kate, Janice Jaison, Shalaka Saraf, Smita Bhide, Digant Gupta   +5 more
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Can Neutrophil Count, Lymhocyte Count and Neutrophil-tolymphocyte Ratio Predict Fever Following Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy in Patients Without Risk Factors?

Journal of Urological Surgery, 2020
Objective:To examine the relationship of neutrophil counts, lymphocyte count and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) with postoperative fever in patients undergoing percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL).Materials and Methods:A total of 519 patients aged ...
Abdullah Demirtaş, Numan Baydilli, Şevket Tolga Tombul, Türev Demirtaş, Gökhan Sönmez   +4 more
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