2019
Use of Routine Complete Blood Count Results to Rule Out Anaplasmosis Without the Need for Specific Diagnostic Testing
Turbett SE, Anahtar MN, Pattanayak V, Azar MM, Coffey KC, Eng G, Rudolf JW, Lewandrowski KB, Baron J, Rosenberg ES, Branda JA. Use of Routine Complete Blood Count Results to Rule Out Anaplasmosis Without the Need for Specific Diagnostic Testing. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2019, 70: 1215-1221. PMID: 31044232, PMCID: PMC7346887, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciz346.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsComplete blood countWhite blood cellsPolymerase chain reactionBlood countLiver function test resultsRoutine complete blood countMedical record reviewSpecific diagnostic testingFunction test resultsRoutine laboratory testsPositive PCR resultsTrue positive casesTrue negative casesLaboratory abnormalitiesRecord reviewRetrospective reviewPlatelet countClinical criteriaTime of testingProspective phasePCR testingPLT countStewardship programsClinical situationsDiagnostic testing
2018
1988. Development of a Laboratory Stewardship Algorithm for Anaplasma phagocytophilum Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing
Anahtar M, Pattanayak V, Branda J, Azar M, Coffey K, Eng G, Rudolf J, Baron J, Lewandrowski K, Turbett S. 1988. Development of a Laboratory Stewardship Algorithm for Anaplasma phagocytophilum Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2018, 5: s578-s578. PMCID: PMC6253421, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofy210.1644.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWhite blood cellsPolymerase chain reactionClinical criteriaPCR testMedian white blood cellPolymerase chain reaction testingComplete blood count valuesBlood count valuesLow positivity ratePreferred diagnostic methodAnaplasma infectionMann-Whitney testChart reviewLaboratory abnormalitiesUnstable patientsClinical parametersPositivity ratePCR testingPLT countReaction testingTypical laboratory abnormalitiesPatientsNegative casesRoche Diagnostics