[Ultrastructural characteristics in neutrophilic leukocytes in patients with sepsis]

Electron microscopic studies of neutrophilic leukocytes from patients with sepsis have revealed that substantial counts of these cells are prone to degradation just in the blood, the organelles of the degraded cells many of which may be identified are present in the blood plasma. The degradation of neutrophilic leukocytes in systemic circulation may be one of the morphological signs of sepsis.