Diagnoses and the number of patients exhibiting neutrophil extracellular traps and citrullinated histone H3 in each diagnostic group.

In the blood smears surveyed in this study, we identified NETs in 5 patients and Cit-H3 in 11 patients. Both NETs and Cit-H3 were identified concurrently in one patient with infection. We found no NETs or Cit-H3-positive cells in samples from patients with trauma (0/7) or heart disease (0/4). NETs: neutrophil extracellular trap, Cit-H3: citrullinated histone H3.Diagnoses and the number of patients exhibiting neutrophil extracellular traps and citrullinated histone H3 in each diagnostic group.