Response to the Letter to the Editor Regarding "Prognostic Significance of NLR and PLR in COVID-19: A Multi-Cohort Validation Study"

Infect Dis Ther. 2024 Nov;13(11):2471-2474. doi: 10.1007/s40121-024-01047-5. Epub 2024 Oct 1.

Marta Canuti^#¹, Federico Fassio^#², Camilla Genovese³, Andrea Giacomelli⁴, Anna Lisa Ridolfo⁴, Erika Asperges⁵, Giuseppe Albi⁶, Raffaele Bruno⁵, Spinello Antinori^{4

7}, Antonio Muscatello⁸, Bianca Mariani⁸, Ciro Canetta⁹, Francesco Blasi¹⁰, Alessandra Bandera^{8

11}, Andrea Gori^{4

12}, Marta Colaneri^{4

12}

¹ Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 1870, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
² Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, Unit of Biostatistics and Clinical Epidemiology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
³ Department of Infectious Diseases, Luigi Sacco Hospital, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Milan, Italy. [email protected].
⁴ Department of Infectious Diseases, Luigi Sacco Hospital, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Milan, Italy.
⁵ Department of Infectious Diseases, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
⁶ Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
⁷ Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences "Luigi Sacco", University of Milano, Milan, Italy.
⁸ Infectious Diseases Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
⁹ High-Intensity Medical Care Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
¹⁰ Respiratory Unit and Cystic Fibrosis Adult Center, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
¹¹ Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milano, Milan, Italy.
¹² Centre for Multidisciplinary Research in Health Science (MACH), University of Milano, Milan, Italy.

^# Contributed equally.

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Keywords: COVID 19; Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; Platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio; Prognostic indicators.

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