Download PDF
Thromb Haemost 1997; 77(06): 1220-1221
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1656144
Letters to the Editor
Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

Abnormal Histograms of Platelets and Spuriously Normalizing Platelet Counts by Sysmex Cell Counters in Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome due to Escherichia coli 0157:H7 Infection

Y Komiyama
1   The Department of Clinical Sciences and Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Central Laboratory, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan
,
A Teraoka
,
K Onishi
,
K Watanabe
,
H Takahashi
1   The Department of Clinical Sciences and Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Central Laboratory, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan
› Author Affiliations
Further Information

Publication History

Received 02 October 1996

Accepted after resubmission 26 February 1997

Publication Date:
12 July 2018 (online)

Also available at
  PDF Download  Permissions and Reprints
 

  • References

  • 1 Reiley LW, Remis RS, Helgerson SD, McGee HB, Wells JG, Davis BR, Hebert RJ, Olcott ES, Johnson LM, Hargrett NT, Blake P, Cohen ML. Hemorrhagic colitis associated with a rare Escherichia coli serotype. N Engl J Med 1983; 308: 681-985
    CrossrefPubMedSearch in Google Scholar
  • 2 Su C, Brandt LJ. Escherichia coli 0157:H7 infection in humans. Ann Intern Med 1995; 123: 698-714
    CrossrefPubMedSearch in Google Scholar
  • 3 Boyce TG, Swerdlow DL, Griffin PM. Escherichia coli 0157:H7 and the hemolytic-uremic syndrome. N Engl J Med 1995; 333: 364-368
    CrossrefPubMedSearch in Google Scholar
  • 4 Griffin PM. Escherichia coli 0157:H7 and other enterhemorrhagic Escherichia coli. Infections of the gastrointestinal tract. Blaser MJ, Smith PD, Ravdin JI, Greenberg HB, Guerrant RL (eds). Raven Press; New York, NY: 1995. pp 739-761
    Search in Google Scholar
  • 5 Menges M, Bissinger KR, Krieger G, Hack G. Diagnostic and intensive care problems in hemolytic uremic syndrome. Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfall-med 1994; 29: 375-378
    PubMedSearch in Google Scholar