The lymph index: A potential hematological parameter for viral infection

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Zhu, Y ^a   Cao, X ^a   Tao, G ^a   Xie, W ^a   Hu, Z ^a   Xu, D ^b  

^a NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CBLPath Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell population data; Coulter LH750; Lymph index; Viral infection

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADENOVIRUS INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS EQUIPMENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CELL POPULATION; CHILD; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXSACKIE VIRUS INFECTION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LIGHT SCATTERING; LYMPH INDEX; LYMPHATIC PARAMETERS; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PROTEUS INFECTION; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; VENOUS BLOOD; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877664727     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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