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Peripheral blood candidosis infection leading to spurious platelet and white blood cell counts
J F Lesesve1, M A Khalifa, R Denoyes
1Laboratory of Haematology, Universitary Hospital, Nancy, France. jf.lesesve@chu-nancy.fr
International Journal of Laboratory Hematology
|May 24, 2008
Abstract:
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.
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