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- Title
Mean Platelet Volume in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection.
- Authors
Lee, Min Young; Kim, Young Jin; Lee, Hee Joo; Cho, Sun Young; Park, Tae Sung
- Abstract
Introduction. Mean platelet volume (MPV) has been thought as a useful index of platelet activation. It is supposed that MPV is also associated with several inflammatory and infectious diseases. Korea still has a high incidence of tuberculosis (TB). The aim of this study was to investigate MPV as an inflammatory marker in TB patients. Materials and Methods. MPV were determined in 221 patients with TB and 143 individuals for control group. MPV was estimated by an Advia 2120 (Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Tarrytown, NY, USA). Results. In the TB patient group, a positive correlation was found between CRP and MPV. Age and MPV had a positive correlation in TB patient group. Conclusions. We conclude that there is a significant relation between MPV and inflammatory conditions. MPV can be an inflammatory marker to determine the disease activity in TB patients.
- Subjects
SOUTH Korea; TUBERCULOSIS diagnosis; ACADEMIC medical centers; AGE distribution; INFLAMMATION; MYCOBACTERIUM tuberculosis; PROBABILITY theory; REGRESSION analysis; RESEARCH funding; STATISTICS; T-test (Statistics); TUBERCULOSIS; DATA analysis; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; MEAN platelet volume
- Publication
BioMed Research International, 2016, Vol 2016, p1
- ISSN
2314-6133
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1155/2016/7508763