Neutrophilia is frequently in hospitalized patients, so a screening test for infections would be very useful. The immature platelet fraction (IPF) is provided by the automated blood analyzer XE 2100 (Sysmex, Kobe, Japan) as a proportional value of the total optical platelet count [IPF%; an absolute count of immature platelets can also be obtained (AIPC)] to indicate the rate of platelet production. IPF could help to identify the aetiology of thrombocytopenia and to recognize the increased bone marrow activity as occurred during the course of infectious disease.
Di Mario, A., Garzia, M. G., Leone, F., Arcangeli, A., Pagano, L., Zini, G., Immature platelet fraction (IPF) in hospitalized patients with neutrophilia and suspected bacterial infection, <<JOURNAL OF INFECTION>>, 2009; 59 (3): 201-206. [doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2009.07.007] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/6615]
Immature platelet fraction (IPF) in hospitalized patients with neutrophilia and suspected bacterial infection
Di Mario, Antonella;Garzia, Maria Grazia;Leone, Fiammetta;Arcangeli, Andrea;Pagano, Livio;Zini, Gina
2009
Abstract
Neutrophilia is frequently in hospitalized patients, so a screening test for infections would be very useful. The immature platelet fraction (IPF) is provided by the automated blood analyzer XE 2100 (Sysmex, Kobe, Japan) as a proportional value of the total optical platelet count [IPF%; an absolute count of immature platelets can also be obtained (AIPC)] to indicate the rate of platelet production. IPF could help to identify the aetiology of thrombocytopenia and to recognize the increased bone marrow activity as occurred during the course of infectious disease.
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