White blood cells scattergram as a valuable tool for COVID-19 screening: A multicentric study.
Jennifer OsmanCécile GonninJérome LambertCéline BehierNicolas ChapuisSimon ChevalierJérôme DebusAnne DelavalMaxime DepoorterCécile DumasAmély DumesgesPascale DussertCorinne Ferrero VacherFrédérique Dubois-GalopinDelphine GerardPauline Gravière BollotteGeoffroy GuignedouxCaroline Mayeur-RousseDelphine Mercier-BatailleEmily RonezCatherine TrichetMargaux WiberVictoria RaggueneauPublished in: International journal of laboratory hematology (2024)
Our findings confirm that the WBC scattergram analysis could be added to a diagnostic algorithm for screening and quickly categorizing symptomatic patients as either COVID-19 probable or improbable, especially during COVID-19 resurgence and overlapping with future influenza epidemics. The observed large size of the plasmacytoid lymphocytes cluster appears to be a hallmark of COVID-19 patients and was indicative of a severe outcome. Furthers studies are ongoing to evaluate the value of the new hematological parameters in combination with WDF analysis.