Differential alteration trend of white blood cells (WBCs) and monocytes count in severe and non-severe COVID-19 patients within a 7-day follow-up

CONCLUSION: Alteration of monocytes either on admission or within hospitalization would not provide valuable data about the prediction of COVID-19 prognosis. Although the rapidly evolving nature of COVID-19 is the major limitation of the present study, further investigations in the field of laboratory biomarkers will pave the way to manage patients with severe disease better.PMID:33889357 | PMC:PMC8043835 | DOI:10.18502/ijm.v13i1.5486

Source: Iranian Journal of Microbiology - April 23, 2021 Category: Microbiology Authors: Ali Pirsalehi Sina Salari Ahmadreza Baghestani Ghazal Sanadgol Dorsa Shirini Maryam Moghbel Baerz Saeed Abdi Mohammad Esmaeil Akbari Davood Bashash Source Type: research