Is eosinopenia a reliable marker of sepsis?

doi:10.1186/cc7877

Critical Care

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Is eosinopenia a reliable marker of sepsis?

Alex Smithson¹ , Rafael Perelló² and Josep-Maria Nicolas³

¹Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain

²Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain

³Medical Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain

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Critical Care 2009, 13:409doi:10.1186/cc7877


Published:	1 June 2009

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

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We have read with interest the article by Abidi and colleagues [1] in which the authors point out that eosinopenia could be useful to differentiate between noninfection and infection in patients recently admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU). The association of eosinopenia with infections is not new and has been described previously [2].