Reliability of 400‐cell and 5‐field leukocyte differential counts for equine bronchoalveolar lavage fluid

Veterinary Clinical Pathology - Tập 42 Số 1 - Trang 92-98 - 2013
Nicole Fernandez1, Kent G. Hecker1, Cornelia Gilroy2, Amy L. Warren1, Renaud Léguillette1
1Department of Veterinary Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
2Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PE, Canada

Tóm tắt

Background

Reliable enumeration of mast cells and eosinophils in equine bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid is important because small increases in the percentages of these cells support the clinical diagnosis of inflammatory airway disease (IAD). Increases in BAL neutrophils also occur with IAD but are not specific due to overlap between IAD and recurrent airway obstruction (RAO).

Objectives

The objectives of this study were to evaluate the reliability of a standard 400‐cell leukocyte differential count and an alternate method evaluating 5 microscopic fields at 500× magnification in equine BAL fluid cytocentrifuged preparations.

Methods

BAL samples from 60 horses with and without pulmonary inflammation were evaluated using 400‐cell and 5‐field leukocyte differential counting methods. Reliability of enumeration of each leukocyte type was assessed by calculating and comparing intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC). Reliability of mast cell enumeration was further evaluated by comparing ICCs of slides with different cell densities.

Results

Reliability was higher for all cell types with the 5‐field method; however, overall the difference between methods was not statistically significant. Neutrophil reliability was high (ICC > 0.90) with both methods. Adequate reliability (ICC > 0.85) for mast cells was achieved only with the 5‐field method on slides with higher cell density.

Conclusion

Enumeration of mast cells is unreliable when the standard 400‐cell differential counting method is used, whereas the 5‐field method on slides with higher cell density reached acceptable reproducibility. Neutrophil percentages were highly reliable with both methods.

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Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Tập 42 Số 1

92-98

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