Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio: a potential supportive marker for elderly community-acquired bloodstream infections—a retrospective study
The increase in NLR was superior to the rise of traditional white blood cell and neutrophil counts. Thus, NLR can be used as an indication for the early diagnosis of community-acquired bloodstream infection in the elderly. The optimal cutoff value of NLR for supporting the diagnosis of community-acquired bloodstream infections in elderly patients was determined to be 8.0. When NLR exceeds this threshold (> 8.0), it serves as a clinical alert for community physicians, indicating a significantly elevated probability of elderly patients developing community-acquired bloodstream infections.
Authors
- J. Zhang
- Peijuan Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7331-9862)
- Qianqian Pei
- Kun Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7827-1968)
- Chunmei Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9615-0828)
- Mengxi Ding
Institutions
- Capital Medical University (CN)
- West China Medical Center of Sichuan University (CN)
- Jianghan University (CN)
- Beijing Aerospace General Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PeerJ
- Published
- 2025-12-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20449
- Primary Topic
- Neonatal and Maternal Infections
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00