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Editor, Senior Moderator
Infect Dis Rep
. 2025 Oct 10;17(5):127.
doi: 10.3390/idr17050127. The Neutrophil/Lymphocyte Ratio Was Identified as a Marker of Severe Influenza During the 2024-2025 Outbreak in France
Matteo Vassallo[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Marion Derollez[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Marc-Hadrien Veaute[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Nicolas Clement[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Roxane Fabre[SUP] 4 5 [/SUP], Laurene Lotte[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Yanis Kouchit[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Sabrina Manni[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ursula Moracchini[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Elea Blanchouin[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Julie Better[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ludivine Rerolle[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Raphael Chambon[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Pierre Alfonsi Bertrand[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Sarah Baccialone[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Jerome Lemoine[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Audrey Sindt[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Pierre-Marie Bertrand[SUP] 3 7 [/SUP]
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Background/objectives: Influenza continues to cause high morbidity and mortality rates worldwide, inflicting a major burden on the public health system. There is little data available on the 2024-2025 seasonal outbreak. Moreover, biomarkers for rapidly identifying subjects at higher risk for severe forms are needed.
Methods: We retrospectively collected hospitalization data for influenza in Cannes, France, during the 2024-2025 seasonal outbreak. Severe forms were defined as cases either requiring admission to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) or resulting in death. They were compared to uncomplicated forms. Main demographic, clinical, radiological, and laboratory characteristics were collected for each patient.
Results: From October 2024 to May 2025, 59 patients were admitted to either the Infectious Diseases Department or the ICU (56% male, age 72 years, 27% vaccinated, influenza type A 93%, symptom duration 3.5 days prior to hospitalization, 31% admissions to ICU, 14% deaths). Vaccination status did not differ between severe and uncomplicated forms. In the univariate analysis, severe forms had higher neutrophil/lymphocyte and platelet/lymphocyte ratios upon admission and included more cases of acute hepatitis, pneumonia, and oseltamivir use than uncomplicated forms. A neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio > 15 was independently associated with severity (OR[SUB]adj[/SUB] 8.79, 95% CI: 1.34-57.6, p = 0.023), with 40.9% sensitivity, 94.6% specificity, 81.8% positive predictive value, and 72.3% negative predictive value for predicting a severe form.
Conclusions: The N/L ratio was an easy-to-perform predictive marker for influenza severity during the 2024-2025 seasonal outbreak, warranting further prospective studies.
Keywords: hospitalization; influenza; neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio; severity.
. 2025 Oct 10;17(5):127.
doi: 10.3390/idr17050127. The Neutrophil/Lymphocyte Ratio Was Identified as a Marker of Severe Influenza During the 2024-2025 Outbreak in France
Matteo Vassallo[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Marion Derollez[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Marc-Hadrien Veaute[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Nicolas Clement[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Roxane Fabre[SUP] 4 5 [/SUP], Laurene Lotte[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Yanis Kouchit[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Sabrina Manni[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ursula Moracchini[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Elea Blanchouin[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Julie Better[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ludivine Rerolle[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Raphael Chambon[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Pierre Alfonsi Bertrand[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Sarah Baccialone[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Jerome Lemoine[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Audrey Sindt[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Pierre-Marie Bertrand[SUP] 3 7 [/SUP]
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- PMID: 41148641
- DOI: 10.3390/idr17050127
Background/objectives: Influenza continues to cause high morbidity and mortality rates worldwide, inflicting a major burden on the public health system. There is little data available on the 2024-2025 seasonal outbreak. Moreover, biomarkers for rapidly identifying subjects at higher risk for severe forms are needed.
Methods: We retrospectively collected hospitalization data for influenza in Cannes, France, during the 2024-2025 seasonal outbreak. Severe forms were defined as cases either requiring admission to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) or resulting in death. They were compared to uncomplicated forms. Main demographic, clinical, radiological, and laboratory characteristics were collected for each patient.
Results: From October 2024 to May 2025, 59 patients were admitted to either the Infectious Diseases Department or the ICU (56% male, age 72 years, 27% vaccinated, influenza type A 93%, symptom duration 3.5 days prior to hospitalization, 31% admissions to ICU, 14% deaths). Vaccination status did not differ between severe and uncomplicated forms. In the univariate analysis, severe forms had higher neutrophil/lymphocyte and platelet/lymphocyte ratios upon admission and included more cases of acute hepatitis, pneumonia, and oseltamivir use than uncomplicated forms. A neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio > 15 was independently associated with severity (OR[SUB]adj[/SUB] 8.79, 95% CI: 1.34-57.6, p = 0.023), with 40.9% sensitivity, 94.6% specificity, 81.8% positive predictive value, and 72.3% negative predictive value for predicting a severe form.
Conclusions: The N/L ratio was an easy-to-perform predictive marker for influenza severity during the 2024-2025 seasonal outbreak, warranting further prospective studies.
Keywords: hospitalization; influenza; neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio; severity.