Mean platelet volume during coagulase-negative staphylococcal sepsis in neonates.

Abstract:

:Coagulase-negative staphylococci are the most common cause of late-onset septicemia in neonates in intensive care nurseries. Clinical and laboratory diagnosis of infection with coagulase-negative staphylococci can be difficult. The authors reviewed serial mean platelet volumes of 18 infants in whom coagulase-negative staphylococci sepsis developed and found a significant increase in the mean platelet volume at the time of diagnosis and a return to baseline after resolution of the infection. The increase in mean platelet volume occurred although thrombocytopenia developed in only two of the infants and no difference was found in the mean platelet counts before and at the time of diagnosis of the infection. This finding may be a useful adjunct to the current laboratory tests used to diagnose coagulase-negative staphylococci sepsis in neonates.

journal_name

Am J Clin Pathol

authors

O'Connor TA,Ringer KM,Gaddis ML

doi

10.1093/ajcp/99.1.69

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1993-01-01 00:00:00

pages

69-71

issue

1

eissn

0002-9173

issn

1943-7722

journal_volume

99

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