White Blood Cell Counts, Alcoholism, and Cirrhosis in Pneumococcal Pneumonia | Zendy

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White Blood Cell Counts, Alcoholism, and Cirrhosis in Pneumococcal Pneumonia

Author(s) -

Julianna G. Gardner,

Divya Bhamidipati,

Adriana M. Rueda,

Duc T. Nguyen,

Edward A. Graviss,

Daniel M. Musher

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofx034

Subject(s) - medicine , white blood cell , pneumonia , leukocytosis , pneumococcal pneumonia , cirrhosis , gastroenterology , neutropenia , bacteremia , streptococcus pneumoniae , immunology , antibiotics , toxicity , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

In a large series of cases of pneumococcal pneumonia, WBC counts <6000 or >25000 correlated significantly with increased 7-day mortality. More than 10% band forms was not associated with a poor outcome. Alcohol abuse was not associated with low WBC or increased mortality. Our findings suggest that greater consideration be given to more intense care for patients with bacterial pneumonia who have very high or very low WBC counts at the time of hospital admission.

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