Blue-green neutrophilic inclusion bodies in the critically ill patient
Open Access
- 1 June 2019
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Clinical Case Reports
- Vol. 7 (6), 1249-1252
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2196
Abstract
Previously termed "Green Crystals of Death," bright blue-green inclusion bodies within neutrophils are a rare clinical finding. They have been reported as a predictive sign of mortality in critically ill patients and often accompany acute liver failure, lactic acidosis with multisystem organ failure, or septic shock due to Escherichia coli.Keywords
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