Diagnosis value of T lymphocyte subgroup, lymphocyte and C-reactive protein in patients with acute and chronic Brucellosis

Objective To investigate the variation of lymphocyte subgroup,lymphocyte and C-reaction protein in patients with acute and chronic Brucellosis,for auxiliary reference in differential diagnosis of acute and chronic Brucellosis.Methods All the blood samples were come from clinical laboratory of Heilongjiang Agricultural Reclamation Bureau General Hospital,which including 35 acute patients(acute group),62 chronic patients(chronic group) and 30 healthy people(control group).Flow cytometric method was used to determine the T lymphocyte subgroup(CD3+,CD19+,CD3+/CD4+,CD3+/CD8+) and the lymphocyte.Application of rate scattering turbidimetric method was used for determination of C-reactive protein.Results Percentages of CD3+ cells in acute and chronic groups were increased compared with that of control group(％:74.71 ± 6.79,70.61 ± 8.99 vs.65.00 ±7.50; F =12.40,P ＜ 0.05),and the acute group was higher than the chronic group(P＜ 0.05).Percentages of CD19+,CD3+/CD4+ cells in acute and chronic groups were decreased compared with that of control group(CD19+,％:7.79 ± 3.93,9.94 ± 4.53 vs.11.50 ± 3.25; CD3+/CD4+,％:30.56 ± 6.38,35.56 ± 8.22 vs.39.00 ± 4.00; F=18.62,13.03,all P＜ 0.05),and the acute group was lower than the chronic group (P＜ 0.05).Percentage of CD3+/CD8+ cells in the acute group was higher than those of the chronic and control groups(％:4.06 ± 8.35,29.50 ± 7.25 vs.28.72 ± 8.30; F =12.06,P ＜ 0.05).The lymphocyte counts in acute and chronic groups were higher than that of the control group(％:34.29 ± 10.91,39.12 ± 12.08 vs.30.84 ± 6.45; F=13.78,P ＜ 0.05),but the acute group was lower than the chronic group(P ＜ 0.05).C-reactive protein levels in acute and chronic groups were increased compared with that of the control group(mg/L:27.43,15.87 vs.0.60; H =19.42,P ＜ 0.05),and the acute group was higher than the chronic group(P ＜ 0.05).C-reactive protein positive rates in acute and chronic groups were increased compared with that of the control group(65.7％,61.3％ vs.3.3％; x2=27.54,23.16,all P ＜ 0.01).The difference between groups was statistically significant(x2 =9.94,P ＜ 0.01).Conclusion Lymphocyte subgroup,lymphocyte and C-reactive protein are changed differently in patients with acute and chronic Brucellosis which have a certain reference value in differential diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic Brucellosis. Key words: Brucellosis;  Lymphocyte subgroup;  Lymphocyte;  C-reaction protein