The clinical course and its correlated immune status in COVID-19 pneumonia
Autor
He, Ruyuan
Lu, Zilong
Zhang, Lin
Fan, Tao
Xiong, Rui
Shen, Xiaokang
Feng, Haojie
Meng, Heng
Lin, Weichen
Jiang, Wenyang
Geng, Qing
Institución
Resumen
Objectives: To explore the clinical course and its dynamic features of immune status in COVID-19 patients and
find predictors correlated with severity and prognosis of COVID-19.
Methods: The electronic medical records of 204 patients with COVID-19 pneumonia confirmed by nucleic acid
testing were retrospectively collected and analyzed.
Results: All patients were divided into severe (69) and non-severe group (135). Lymphocyte subsets count, including CD3+ T cell, CD4+ T cell, CD8+ T cell, B cell (CD19+) and NK cell (CD16+ 56+), were significantly
lower in severe group (P<0.001). The dynamic levels of T lymphocyte in severe group were significantly lower
from disease onset, but in the improved subgroup the value of T lymphocyte began to increase after about 15-day
treatment and finally returned to the normal level. The cut-off value of the counts of CD3+ (576), CD4+ (391)
and CD8+ (214) T cell were calculated and indicated significantly high sensitivity and specificity for severity of
COVID-19.
Conclusion: Our results shown that the decrease of CD3+, CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocyte correlated with the
course of patients with COVID-19 pneumonia, especially in severe cases. The level of T lymphocyte could be used
as an indicator for prediction of severity and prognosis of patients with COVID-19 pneumonia. The application of
glucocorticoid should be cautious in severe cases.