2024 Winter Newsletter - Flipbook - Page 5
Summer 2022
What are Decoy Cells?
SMART REAGENT
INVENTORY HAS
NEVER BEEN SO EASY
Decoy cells are urethelial and renal tubular
epithelial cells that are infected with BK
polyomavirus. These cells may be seen in
patients on immunosuppressive drugs following
renal transplant.
Sysmex eSupply’s easy-to-use
interface utilizes predictive
learning algorithms to proactively
analyze and adjust inventory
levels to your laboratory
reagent usage patterns. Find out
more about how eSupply can
effortlessly drive operational
efficiencies across your supply
chain by reducing reagent
waste and limiting unnecessary
shipping costs.
BK virus is a common, widespread virus
that infects most people in childhood. After
initial infection, the virus remains dormant in
the tissues and may become active again in
immunosuppressed patients. The BK virus is
known to possibly result in interstitial nephritis,
thus creating damage to the patient’s kidneys.
Therefore, the clinician needs to carefully adjust
the dose of immunosuppressants to match the
patient's infection status.
Morphology/Features:
•
Enlarged, sometimes eccentrically
placed nuclei with high N:C ratio
•
Ground-glass intranuclear inclusion
•
Sometimes mistaken for malignant
cells, hence the name "decoy cells"n
Visit us at booth #2802 at
the AACC 2022 Scientific
Meeting & Clinical Lab
Expo in Chicago and talk
to our experts about how
eSupply can improve your
lab’s efficiency.n
Resources:
https://www.kidney.org
UF-Series Clinical Case Study Volume 2, Sysmex Corporation, Kobe, Japan.
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