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ASSOCIATION BETWEEN LEUKOCYTES COUNT AND THE SEVERITY OF COVID-19 INFECTION
Ahmed Hamza Ajmi1, Wassan Abdul-Kareem Abbas2, Dalya Basil Hanna2
1REPUBLIC OF IRAQ HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT THE STATE COMPANY FOR MARKETING DRUGS AND MEDICAL APPLIANCES, BAGHDAD, IRAQ.
Objective:
The aim: To find an association of COVID-19 on different types of leukocytes either count increasing or decreasing.
Patients And Methods:
Materials and methods: A cross sectional study conducted from October /2020 to January /2021. Eighty patients out of 170 were enrolled in this study, who were attended a private clinic for clinical investigation and a private laboratory for laboratory diagnosis of COVID-19 who were divided into two groups, asymptomatic or mild (group 1), and moderate or severe (group 2). Five milliliter of blood samples were collected from patients with COVD-19 by venipuncture using a syringe for evaluation of different cells.
Results:
Results: The current study revealed a significant difference in white blood cells count, neutrophils count, monocytes count, basophils count, and neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio, lymphocyte to monocyte ratio between group 1 and group 2. While lymphocytes, and eosinophil showed no significant difference.
Conclusion:
Conclusion: The current study concluded that COVID-19 may affect the count of some leukocytes in patient with severe infection.
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