Infection Manager System (IMS) as a new hemocytometry-based bacteremia detection tool: A diagnostic accuracy study in a malaria-endemic area of Burkina Faso.

• Main Authors: Annelies Post (Author), Berenger Kaboré (Author), Joel Bognini (Author), Salou Diallo (Author), Palpouguini Lompo (Author), Basile Kam (Author), Natacha Herssens (Author), Fred van Opzeeland (Author), Christa E van der Gaast-de Jongh (Author), Jeroen D Langereis (Author), Marien I de Jonge (Author), Janette Rahamat-Langendoen (Author), Teun Bousema (Author), Heiman Wertheim (Author), Robert W Sauerwein (Author), Halidou Tinto (Author), Jan Jacobs (Author), Quirijn de Mast (Author), Andre J van der Ven (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>New hemocytometric parameters can be used to differentiate causes of acute febrile illness (AFI). We evaluated a software algorithm-Infection Manager System (IMS)-which uses hemocytometric data generated by Sysmex hematology analyzers, for its accuracy to detect bacter...