Platelet size has been demonstrated to reflect platelet activity and seems to be a useful
predictive and prognostic biomarker of cardiovascular events. It is associated with a variety …

Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the greatest threats to human health. The causative
bacterium, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), is acquired by the respiratory route. It is …

Human host and pathogen interaction is dynamic in nature and often modulated by co-
pathogens with a functional role in delineating the physiological outcome of infection. Co …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection is a major international public health problem.
One‐third of the world′ s population is thought to have latent tuberculosis, a condition …

Background Diagnosing a periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is difficult and often requires a
combination of objective findings. The purpose of this study is to determine whether …

Background The measurements of platelet count and mean platelet volume (MPV) are
routinely available nowadays. The aim of this study was to evaluate the platelet count and …

Background We aimed to investigate the relation of platelet count (PLT) and plateletcrit
(PCT), mean platelet volume (MPV) and platelet distribution width (PDW) with other acute …

Introduction Systemically, changes in serum platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR), platelet count
to mean platelet volume ratio (PVR), neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and monocyte to …

In 2019 10 million people developed symptomatic tuberculosis (TB) disease and 1.2 million
died. In active TB the inflammatory response causes tissue destruction, which leads to both …

We aimed to investigate the correlation between red cell distribution width (RDW), neutrophil
to lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and other inflammatory …