A microfluidic cytometer for white blood cell analysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tao Peng ◽  
Xinyue Su ◽  
Xingzhi Cheng ◽  
Zewen Wei ◽  
Xuantao Su ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Cell ◽  
White Blood Cell ◽  
Cell Analysis

A microfluidic cytometer with integrated on-chip optical systems for white blood cell analysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinyue Su ◽  
Tao Peng ◽  
Qin Li ◽  
Zewen Wei ◽  
Xuantao Su
Keyword(s):  
Blood Cell ◽  
White Blood Cell ◽  
Optical Systems ◽  
Cell Analysis ◽  
On Chip

Neutropenia Associated with Cefotaxime

1983 ◽  
Vol 17 (10) ◽  
pp. 739-741 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomoji Ohsawa ◽  
Fumitaka Furukawa
Keyword(s):  
Bone Marrow ◽  
Blood Cell ◽  
White Blood Cell ◽  
Case Reports ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cell Analysis ◽  
Bone Marrow Depression ◽  
Children's Hospital ◽  
Children’S Hospital

Neutropenia is rarely associated with cephalosporins. We report a case of neutropenia associated with cefotaxime. A seven-year-old boy was admitted to the Chidoribashi Hospital with suspected septicemia. Cefotaxime 2 g/d was started. On day 18, neutropenia associated with cefotaxime was suspected. On day 22, the patient was transferred to Fukuoka Children's Hospital because of continuing neutropenia and eosinophilia. In Fukuoka Children's Hospital, bone marrow puncture revealed severe bone marrow depression. After one month, the patient was discharged. When we considered case reports of granulocytopenia, leukopenia, and agranulocytosis associated with cephalosporins, we found two types of leukopenia. One is the granulocytopenic type and the other is the neutropenic type. In diagnosing leukopenia due to cephalosporins, an increased percentage of eosinophils in white-blood-cell analysis is significant.

Performance Evaluation of the Sysmex XE-5000 Hematology Analyzer for White Blood Cell Analysis in Cerebrospinal Fluid

2012 ◽  
Vol 136 (2) ◽  
pp. 194-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Perné ◽  
Johannes A. Hainfellner ◽  
Irene Womastek ◽  
Alexander Haushofer ◽  
Thomas Szekeres ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cerebrospinal Fluid ◽  
Blood Cell ◽  
White Blood Cell ◽  
Cell Analysis ◽  
Suitable Alternative ◽  
Acceptable Alternative ◽  
Fluid Analysis ◽  
Cell Counts ◽  
Hematology Analyzer ◽  
Analysis Mode

Context.—The newest generation hematology analyzer, Sysmex XE-5000 (Sysmex Corporation, Kobe, Japan) is equipped with an improved body fluid analysis mode. Objective.—To evaluate the applicability of the XE-5000 analyzer to white blood cell (WBC) analysis in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Design.—A total of 425 routinely collected, consecutive CSF samples were included in the study. For a comparison of total WBC counts, the results of routine chamber counts were grouped into categories of 0 to 5 (n  =  330), >5 to 10 (n  =  36), >10 to 50 (n  =  39), >50 to 200 (n  =  15), and >200 (n  =  5) WBC/µL. Microscopic differential counts were performed using cytospins from 276 samples. Results were grouped according to the percent content of polymorphonuclear (PMN) cells, 0% to 25% (n  =  263), >25% to 50% (n  =  7), >50% to 75% (n  =  3), and >75% to 100% (n  =  3) of WBC. Corresponding results of XE-5000 analysis were matched to these particular count categories. Results.—For total WBC counts, the proportions of samples correctly classified by the XE-5000 from the percentage groups described above were 88%, 47%, 72%, 93%, and 100%, respectively. After the two lowest count categories were combined into one range of 0 to 10 WBC/µL, matches increased to 95%. For PMN counts in the 0% to 25% group, 37% of samples were misclassified by the XE-5000. Conversely, for samples with microscopic PMN counts of more than 25%, there was a trend toward underestimation by the XE-5000. Mismatches were most pronounced in samples with fewer than 10 WBC/µL. Conclusions.—The Sysmex XE-5000 hematology analyzer yields valid total CSF cell counts and may be considered an acceptable alternative to the traditional chamber method, even for samples with low WBC counts. However, it cannot be recommended as a suitable alternative for manual differential cytologic workup.

An Alternative Elastase-mediated Degradation of Fibrinogen and Fibrin Observed in a Patient with Herpes Simplex Encephalitis and Pneumonia

1996 ◽  
Vol 76 (02) ◽  
pp. 184-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenji lijima ◽  
Fumiyo Murakami ◽  
Yasushi Horie ◽  
Katsumi Nakamura ◽  
Shiro Ikawa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Herpes Simplex ◽  
Blood Cell ◽  
White Blood Cell ◽  
Herpes Simplex Encephalitis ◽  
Pmn Elastase ◽  
Cell Counts ◽  
Blood Cell Counts ◽  
Sds Page ◽  
White Blood Cell Counts ◽  
Pmn Élastase

SummaryA 74-year-old female developed pneumonia following herpes simplex encephalitis. Her white blood cell counts reached 28,400/μl, about 90% of which consisted of granulocytes. The polymorphonuclear (PMN) elastase/α1-arantitrypsin complex levels increased and reached the maximum of 5,019 ng/ml, indicating the release of a large amount of elastase derived from the granulocytes. The mechanism of PMN elastase release was most likely to be granulocyte destruction associated with phagocytosis. The cleavage of fibrinogen and fibrin by PMN elastase, independent of plasmin, was indicated by the presence of the fragments in immunoprecipitated plasma from the patient corresponding to elastase-induced FDP D and DD fragments and the absence of fragments corresponding to plasmin-induced FDP D and DD fragments on SDS-PAGE. These findings suggested that the large amount of PMN elastase released from the excessive numbers of granulocytes in this patient with herpes simplex encephalitis and pneumonia, induced the cleavage of fibrinogen and fibrin without the participation of plasmin.

Development and study of a method for cell separation during white blood cell segmentation on images of bone marrow preparations in information and measurement systems for diagnostics of acute leukemia

2020 ◽  
pp. 68-72
Author(s):  
V.G. Nikitaev ◽  
A.N. Pronichev ◽  
V.V. Dmitrieva ◽  
E.V. Polyakov ◽  
A.D. Samsonova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bone Marrow ◽  
Blood Cell ◽  
Acute Leukemia ◽  
White Blood Cell ◽  
Cell Separation ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Bone Marrow Cells ◽  
Automated Analysis ◽  
Cell Segmentation ◽  
Measurement Systems

The issues of using of information and measurement systems based on processing of digital images of microscopic preparations for solving large-scale tasks of automating the diagnosis of acute leukemia are considered. The high density of leukocyte cells in the preparation (hypercellularity) is a feature of microscopic images of bone marrow preparations. It causes the proximity of cells to eachother and their contact with the formation of conglomerates. Measuring of the characteristics of bone marrow cells in such conditions leads to unacceptable errors (more than 50%). The work is devoted to segmentation of contiguous cells in images of bone marrow preparations. A method of cell separation during white blood cell segmentation on images of bone marrow preparations under conditions of hypercellularity of the preparation has been developed. The peculiarity of the proposed method is the use of an approach to segmentation of cell images based on the watershed method with markers. Key stages of the method: the formation of initial markers and builds the lines of watershed, a threshold binarization, shading inside the outline. The parameters of the separation of contiguous cells are determined. The experiment confirmed the effectiveness of the proposed method. The relative segmentation error was 5 %. The use of the proposed method in information and measurement systems of computer microscopy for automated analysis of bone marrow preparations will help to improve the accuracy of diagnosis of acute leukemia.

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