DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUE FOR INFECTION IN PATIENTS WITH MANIFESTED ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKAEMIA Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC G01N33/49 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to a diagnostic technique for infectious complications in patients suffering from acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). The method involves measuring the body t°, the leukocyte count, the blast cell count and the C-reactive protein (CRP) amount, if the CRP amount is less than 10 mg/l, a possibility of an infection is eliminated; the values falling within the range of 10 to 16 mg/l, a grey area is stated and an infection can be entirely possible, and if the concentration is above 16 mg/l, the infection is considered to be present notwithstanding the leukocyte and blast cell counts.

EFFECT: technique provides the earlier and accurate diagnosis of the infectious complications in the patients with newly detected ALL before chemotherapy starts, and can be used to control the effectiveness of an antimicrobial therapy.

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