Correlation of leucocyte count and erythrocyte sedimentation rate with the day of illness in presumed bacterial pneumonia of childhood
1998; Elsevier BV; Volume: 36; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/s0163-4453(98)93198-x
ISSN1532-2742
AutoresMaria Triga, G.A. Syrogiannopoulos, K.D. Thoma, I. Fezoulidis, Vassilios Pastromas, Nicholas G. Beratis,
Tópico(s)Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
ResumoWe investigated the effect of the duration of illness on the white blood cell (WBC) and total neutrophil counts and the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) in untreated children with clinical and roentgenographic findings compatible with bacterial pneumonia. According to the duration of illness before admission, the patients were divided into: Group I, 48 patients ill for 10 000 and >15 000/mm3, respectively, whereas on the fourth day of illness only half of the patients had >10 000 and one-quarter >15 000 WBC/mm3. The ESR followed an opposite course to that of the WBC. During the first day of illness it was normal or mildly elevated, increasing steadily thereafter. The validity of the WBC and total neutrophil counts in conjunction with the ESR in the evaluation of bacterial pneumonia is augmented when the day of illness is taken into consideration.
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