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Is eosinopenia a reliable marker of sepsis?

Alex Smithson1 email, Rafael Perelló2 email and Josep-Maria Nicolas3 email

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

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

Medical 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].


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