title: Hematological findings in acute infections and septicemias.
abstract: This paper is a report on twelve cases of septicemia, the diagnosis made possible by medical technologists observing the degenerative morphological findings in the peripheral blood smears. This led to the finding of microorganisms, prior to the bacteriological confirmation, in an active emergency department. It also includes four case reports in which the organism was identified: a meningococcus, a pneumonococcus, an Escherichia coli, and a clostridium perfringens (welchii).
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology; D002648:Child; D003016:Clostridium perfringens / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003594:Cytoplasmic Granules; D004913:Erythrocytes, Abnormal; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006461:Hemolysis; D006801:Humans; D002479:Inclusion Bodies; D007223:Infant; D007565:Jaundice / Q000175:diagnosis; D007970:Leukopenia / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000473:pathology; D010587:Phagocytosis; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000175:diagnosis; D014617:Vacuoles