CONCLUSIONS
Prediction of chronic and refractory cases at diagnosis will be helpful
to achieve higher treatment success. We conclude that higher patient
age, lower ALC at initial diagnosis may have some negative effect on
chronicity, while gender, the severity of symptoms, presence of
infection history, platelet count and MPV at diagnosis and first-line
treatment modality does not have any important effect.
The authors declare no conflict of interest. There was no financial
support from any person or institution for this study.