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Peripheral blood candidosis infection leading to spurious platelet and white blood cell counts
Author(s) -
LESESVE J. F.,
KHALIFA M. A.,
DENOYES R.,
BRAUN F.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal of laboratory hematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.705
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1751-553X
pISSN - 1751-5521
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-553x.2008.01069.x
Subject(s) - sepsis , peripheral blood , platelet , hematology , white blood cell , medicine , hematology analyzer , papanicolaou stain , stomach , immunology , pathology , gastroenterology , cancer , cervical cancer
Summary We report a patient with thrombocytopenia secondary to disseminated stomach adenocarcinoma and sepsis whose platelet and white blood cells were falsely enumerated by two automated haematology analyzers. The cause of the spurious counts became obvious when numerous yeast forms were observed on the peripheral blood smear. Artefactual automated analyzer results are detailed.