title: Peripheral blood candidosis infection leading to spurious platelet and white blood cell counts.
abstract: We report a patient with thrombocytopenia secondary to disseminated stomach adenocarcinoma and sepsis whose platelet and white blood cells were falsely enumerated by two automated haematology analyzers. The cause of the spurious counts became obvious when numerous yeast forms were observed on the peripheral blood smear. Artefactual automated analyzer results are detailed.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Haematology, Universitary Hospital, Nancy, France. jf.lesesve@chu-nancy.fr
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Lesesve
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Khalifa
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Denoyes
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Braun
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001322:Autoanalysis / Q000592:standards; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D006801:Humans; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008297:Male; D010976:Platelet Count