Analytical Requirements for Measuring Monocytic Human Lymphocyte Antigen DR by Flow Cytometry: Application to the Monitoring of Patients with Septic Shock

derived from population samples containing individuals with ID.These findings together with earlier reports imply that there are grounds as well as means for improving the sensitivity of laboratory tests to diagnose ID.This is of clinical importance in the elderly, in whom ID often heralds severe underlying diseases, such as ulcers or malignancies.In practice, this should motivate the production and use of iron-replete reference values of sTfR and other markers of iron status.