CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Laryngorhinootologie 2020; 99(S 02): S77-S78
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1710899
Abstracts
Infectology/Hygiene

Significance of an automated differential blood count in the diagnosis of EBV infection

F Stupp
1   Universitätsklinik Ulm für Hals-, Nasen- und Ohrenheilkunde, Ulm
,
Thomas Karl Hoffmann
1   Universitätsklinik Ulm für Hals-, Nasen- und Ohrenheilkunde, Ulm
,
Anna-Sophia Grossi
1   Universitätsklinik Ulm für Hals-, Nasen- und Ohrenheilkunde, Ulm
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Jörg Lindemann
1   Universitätsklinik Ulm für Hals-, Nasen- und Ohrenheilkunde, Ulm
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Introduction EBV serology is recommended for serological diagnosis of mononucleosis. As results of an automated differential blood count are available more quickly, possible differences between an EBV primary infection and a bacterial tonsillitis were investigated.

Methods A retrospective evaluation of absolute and relative lymphocyte and monocyte counts of n = 172 patients > 16 years from 01/2008 to 01/2019 (mean age 21 years, 53.7 % ♀, 46.3 % ♂ ) with suspected EBV infection was performed. The groups of a serologically confirmed or excluded EBV infection were compared.

Results An automated differential blood count was available in 98 of 172 patients (57.0 %). Patients with primary EBV infection (n = 60) had an average lymphocyte count of 4.7 ± 2.66 giga/l. Patients with acute bacterial tonsillitis (n = 38) had significantly lower values with 1.6 ± 1.33 giga/l, p <0.05. Equal results were found in relative lymphocyte counts (41.0 ± 20.23 vs. 13.3 ± 9.72 %, p <0.05). For monocyte counts, neither absolute (1.2 ± 0.76 vs. 1.2 ± 0.61 giga / l, p = 0.617) nor relative (8.8 ± 3.57 vs. 9.8 ± 5.18 %, p = 0.746) monocyte counts showed significant differences.

Conclusion Increased lymphocyte counts in an automated differential blood count can be a first indication of primary EBV infection. Perhaps up to 30 % morphologically altered lymphocytes are increasingly counted correctly with modern hematology analyzers and no longer counted as monocytes. These results could be used to make decisions about further diagnosis (abdominal ultrasonography, ECG) and antibiotic therapy before results of EBV serology are available.

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