Kayashima T, Yamaguchi K, Akiyoshi T, Nanimatsu H, Aragaki S, Hosokawa T
First Department of Internal Medicine, Oita Prefectural Hospital.
Intern Med. 1993 Nov;32(11):869-71. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.32.869.
A 40-year-old man with diabetic ketoacidosis showed marked leukocytosis reaching 60,970/mm3 which subsided within 5 days to a level of 4,140/mm3. He had no evidence of infection. During the entire clinical course, no elevation of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) was observed. No case of leukemoid reaction associated with diabetic ketoacidosis has been reported with the determination of plasma G-CSF levels.
