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