1. [Determination of the eosinophil count in nasal mucus. Comparison of 2 techniques].
- Author
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Lara Becerra A, González Díaz SN, González Morales JE, and Canseco González C
- Subjects
- Adolescent, Adult, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Leukocyte Count instrumentation, Male, Middle Aged, Nasal Mucosa pathology, Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial immunology, Specimen Handling, Eosinophils, Leukocyte Count methods, Mucus cytology, Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial pathology
- Abstract
We compared swab and scraping (Rhino-probe) technics in the nasal cytology obtention for eosinophils count in 36 patients with a range of 2-46 years old (mean age 18.6 years) with diagnosis of Allergic Rhinitis. The eosinophil count with swab technic was between 0-79 cells with average of 6.5 cells and in the scraping (Rhino-probe) was in a rate of 0-100 cells with a average of 13.4 cells. Of the 36 patients with Rhinitis seen at our clinic, 13 (36%) of positive with swab and 19 (53%) with scraping technics (Rhino-probe) with percent differential of 17%. The comparison between the eosinophils count with both technics was p less than 0.05 for scraping (Rhino-probe) technic.
- Published
- 1990