Specimen analyzer and specimen analysis method

Abstract

A specimen analyzer including: a measurement part configured to apply light to a measurement sample and a fluorescent dye that stains white blood cells contained in the blood specimen, detect fluorescence from the white blood cells contained in the measurement sample to which the light has been applied, and measure fluorescence signals on the basis of the detected fluorescence; an information processing part configured to generate, on the basis of the fluorescence signals, information about a distribution width of fluorescence intensities regarding a population of neutrophils contained in the measurement sample, and determine information about a degree of severity of an organ dysfunction due to an infection on the basis of the information about the distribution width of the fluorescence intensities regarding the population of neutrophils; and an output part configured to output the information about the degree of severity of the organ dysfunction due to the infection.

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