The blood picture in pertussis a graphic study

Thelander, H. E.; Henderson, H.G.; Kilgariff, K.

doi:10.1016/s0022-3476(33)80074-6

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“…The findings largely agree with the results obtained in previous investigations in which leucocytosis in pertussis was not common in this young age group [I, 71. The present investigation argues against the conception that characteristic changes in the white blood cells are invariably absent in pertussis in such young infants [9]. It also provides evidence against the assumption that the blood picture does not vary with age in this disease [5].…”

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The White Blood Cell Count and the Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate in Pertussis

Lagergren¹

1963

Acta Paediatrica

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SUMMARY The white blood cell count and the erythrocyte sedimentation rate were studied in 180 hospital patients with a clear‐cut diagnosis of pertussis. In children below 6 months, the white blood cell picture favoured a diagnosis of pertussis in only one out of every four or five cases during the first 3 weeks of the disease, but not later. In children over 6 months, absolute leucocytosis and lymphocytosis were noted in the majority during the first 2 weeks of the disease (leucocytosis in 63 % and lymphocytosis in 71 %). During the third and fourth weeks changes in the white cells supported the diagnosis of pertussis in 80% and 50%, respectively. Marked leucocytosis (more than 50,000 leucocytes per mm3. of blood) was noted in 8 cases. I n uncomplicated pertussis the erythrocyte sedimentation rate is usually normal or subnormal and does not appear to vary with the patient's age or the week of the disease.

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confidence: 68%