Abstract:Objective To study the correlation between T lymphocyte subsets and inflammation status in patients with sepsis. Methods A total of 126 patients with sepsis who were admitted to our hospital from March 2015 to October 2018 were enrolled as the observation group, and 60 healthy subjects were selected as the control group. The T lymphocyte subsets (CD4+, CD8+, CD4+/CD8+) and d inflammatory factors including erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), procalcitonin (PCT), C-reactive protein (CRP), interleukin-6 (IL-6), interleukin-10 (IL-10), tumor necrosis factor -α (TNF-α), and high mobility group box-1 (HMGB1)] were detected. Results At the time of admission, the CD8+ and serum levels of PCT, CRP, IL-6, TNF-α, IL-10 and HMGB1 in the observation group were higher than those in the control group, while the amount of CD4+ and CD4+/CD8+ cells were lower than those in the control group (P?0.05). The levels of PCT, CRP, IL-6, IL-10 and TNF-α reached peak levels at 6 hours after admission. Levels of CD4+ and CD4+/CD8+ were lower while the levels of CD8+, PCT, CRP, IL-6, IL-10, TNF-α levels were higher (P?0.05) in severe sepsis group and septic shock group than those in the sepsis group at various points in time. Levels of ESR was higher in severe sepsis group than that in the sepsis group at 5th days after admission, and the HMGB1 was higher in severe sepsis group than that in sepsis group on the 7th day of admission (P?0.05). CD4+, CD8+, CD4+/CD8+ in patients with sepsis were linearly correlated with serum PCT, CRP, IL-6, IL-10, TNF-α and HMGB1 (P?0.05). Conclusion Sepsis patients experience with obvious T lymphocyte disorder and proinflammatory/anti-inflammatory imbalance, and dynamic monitoring of T lymphocyte subsets/ inflammatory factor levels may provide basis of illness and treatment decision-making.