XN-Series Haematology Analyzers

Inflammation and infection are two different things, although they very often occur together. ‘Inflammation’ describes exclusively the body’s immunovascular response, irrespective of the cause. It is our body’s natural defence against damaged cells, physical or chemical agents, allergens or pathogenic organisms and aims to remove these harmful or foreign invaders and recover. Generally there are two different types of inflammation. One is acute inflammation, the other is chronic.

The clinical trend is moving towards de-escalation of treatment in suitable patients to increase treatment efficacy and reduce unwanted side-effects. However, uncertainty remains about the appropriate loco-regional treatment for early breast cancer patients with no or low tumour burden in the SLNs.

This application note explores the importance of the immature platelet count for effectively managing immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) treatment, and assessing the risk of bleeding.

Correctly diagnosing suspected inflammations and infections by clinical examination, biochemical markers and microbiological blood cultures is costly and time-consuming. A fast initial indication would be beneficial since this can point out the appropriate diagnostic tests, avoid unnecessary follow-up tests, and help start or modify treatment faster. Haematological inflammation parameters obtained from a routine blood count on Sysmex’s XN-Series analysers can provide quantitative information about the inflammatory reaction of the patient’s immune system.

This application note demonstrates a method for the detection of malaria using Sysmex’s fluorescence-based technology. Malaria is caused by five species of the parasite belonging to the genus Plasmodium. Four of these – P. falciparum, P. vivax, P. malariae and P. ovale – are human malaria species, which are spread from one person to another by female mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles. Two major types of malaria pathogens, P. falciparum and P. vivax, are the most frequently occurring and have very characteristic differences, not only in the course of the disease but also in the blood smear and results of the hematology analyzer.

Hemolysis is the premature breakdown of red blood cells (RBC). This can occur either within macrophages of the reticuloendothelial system (RES), or within the blood vessels. This application note provides an overview of the methods of detecting hemolysis, and explains the impact of artefactual hemolysis caused by poor blood collection and sample handling.

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