Author:
Tu Hui-Zin,Lai Tsung-Jen,Chen Yao-Shen,Lee Herng-Sheng,Chen Jin-Shuen
Abstract
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) infection is an important public health concern in Taiwan. In addition to pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB), MTBC can also cause genitourinary tuberculosis (GUTB). This study aimed to examine the role of laboratory data and the values that can be calculated from them for the early detection of GUTB. Patients admitted from 2011 to 2020 were retrospectively recruited to analyze their associated clinical data. Statistical significance was analyzed using the chi-square test and univariate analysis for different variables. A receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was used to evaluate the performances of the examined laboratory data and their calculated items, including the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio (MLR), neutrophil-to-monocyte-plus-lymphocyte ratio (NMLR), and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), in diagnosing PTB or GUTB. A p-value of <0.05 was considered significant. The ROC curve showed that the discriminative power of the neutrophil count, NLR, and MLR was within the acceptable level between patients with both PTB and GUTB and those with GUTB alone (area under the curve [AUC] values = 0.738, 0.779, and 0.725; p = 0.024, 0.008, and 0.033, respectively). The discriminative power of monocytes and the MLR was within the acceptable level (AUC = 0.782 and 0.778; p = 0.008 and 0.010, respectively). Meanwhile, the neutrophil and lymphocyte counts, NLR, NMLR, and PLR had good discriminative power (AUC = 0.916, 0.896, 0.898, 0.920, and 0.800; p < 0.001, <0.001, <0.001, <0.001, and 0.005, respectively) between patients with GUTB and those with PTB alone. In conclusion, the neutrophil count, lymphocyte count, NLR, NMLR, and PLR can be used as potential markers for distinguishing PTB from GUTB.
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical),General Immunology and Microbiology,Molecular Biology,Immunology and Allergy
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