Anaplasmosis presents with fever, headache, and laboratory abnormalities including leukopenia and thrombocytopenia. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is the preferred diagnostic but is overutilized. We determined if routine laboratory tests could exclude anaplasmosis, improving PCR utilization.Anaplasma PCR results from a 3-year period, with associated complete blood count (CBC) and liver function test (LFT) results, were retrospectively reviewed. PCR rejection criteria, based on white blood cell (WBC) and platelet (PLT) count, were developed and prospectively applied in a mock-stewardship program. If rejection criteria were met, a committee mock-refused PCR unless the patient was clinically unstable or immunocompromised.WBC and PLT counts were the most actionable routine tests for excluding anaplasmosis. Retrospective review demonstrated rejection criteria of WBC≥11,000/µL or PLT≥300,000/µL would have led to PCR refusal in 428/1685 true-negative cases (25%) and 3/66 true-positive cases (5%) involving clinically unstable or immunocompromised patients. In the prospective phase, 155/663 PCR requests (23%) met rejection criteria and were reviewed by committee, which endorsed refusal in 110/155 cases (71%) and approval in 45 (29%), based on clinical criteria. PCR was negative in all 45 committee-approved cases. Only 1/110 mock-refused requests yielded a positive PCR result; this patient was already receiving doxycycline at the time of testing.A CBC-based stewardship algorithm would reduce unnecessary Anaplasma PCR testing, without missing active cases. Although the prospectively-evaluated screening approach involved medical record review, this was unnecessary to prevent errors and could be replaced by a rejection comment specifying clinical situations that might warrant overriding the algorithm.
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