• Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther · Jun 2013

    Case Reports

    [Case report. Leukocytosis in the course of Clostridium difficile infection].

    • Katja S Weber.
    • Klinik für Anästhesiologieund operative Intensivmedizin, Krankenhaus Köln-Merheim. weberk@kliniken-koeln.de
    • Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther. 2013 Jun 1;48(6):386-90.

    AbstractClostridium difficile infections (CDI) are increasing in incidence and severity, amongst other reasons because of the increasing spread of hypervirulent strains. Leukocytosis is a sign of severe CDI and is predictive for a complicated course. In this case report, we describe 2 patients with CDI who developed leukocytosis within a leukemoid range. In both cases high white blood cell counts returned totally to normal range under CDI therapy according to guidelines. Leukemia-related therapy patterns were not needed. Notably, in none of the patients a hypervirulent strain was isolated.© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York.

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