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. 2021 Apr 24;113:92–103. doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2021.04.010

Table 3.

Flow cytometric analysis of lymphocyte populations in bronchoalveolar lavage fluids from patients with COVID-19.

Lymphocyte subsets (n = 14) Range (median)
 T cells 69–94% (86.5%)
 B cells 0–2% (0.9%)
 NK cells 3–20% (9.9%).
 CD4:CD8 ratio 0.3–2.5 (1.4).



Expression of activation markers in T cells (n = 9) Positive/total cases (%); range of % positive T cell (median)
 CD38+ 9/9 (100%); 37–75% (64%)
 HLADR+ 8/9 (89%); 40–64% (52.8%)
 CD25+ 7/9 (78%); 30–60% (37.8%)