High prevalence of infections in non-COVID-19 patients admitted to the Emergency Department with severe lymphopenia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the Emergency Department (ED), early and accurate recognition of infection is crucial to prompt antibiotic therapy but the initial presentation of patients is variable and poorly characterized. Lymphopenia is commonly associated with bacteraemia and poor outcome in intensive care unit patients. The objective of this retrospective study was to assess the prevalence of community-acquired infection in a cohort of unselected patients admitted to the ED with undifferentiated symptoms and severe lymphopenia.

Methods

This is a retrospective single-center study conducted over a 1 year-period before the COVID-19 pandemic. Consecutive adult patients admitted to the ED with severe lymphopenia (lymphocyte count < 0.5 G/L) were studied. Patients with hematological or oncolo

SUBMITTER: Baisse A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8960225 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature