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Role of the eosinophil count in discriminating the severity of community-acquired pneumonia in HIV-infected patients

Rafel Perelló1 email, Oscar Miró1, Josep M Miró2 and Asunción Moreno2

Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Agustí Pi i Sunyer, University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Infectious Diseases Service, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Agustí Pi i Sunyer, University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

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Critical Care 2008, 12:425doi:10.1186/cc6971

Published: 13 August 2008


See related research by Abidi et al., http://ccforum.com/content/12/2/R59

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Abidi and colleagues recently reported that eosinopenia constitutes a good diagnostic marker in distinguishing between noninfection and infection, but is a moderate marker in discriminating between systemic inflammatory response syndrome and infection in newly admitted critically ill patients [1]. They propose that eosinopenia may become a helpful clinical tool in intensive care unit (ICU) practices. They included different types of severe infections, however, and therefore the utility of eosinopenia for a particular kind of infection is not approached.


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