Question by ATHLETE1forever: A doctor knows that a patient has an infection. The doctor orders a differential white blood cell count to be?
A doctor knows that a patient has an infection. The doctor orders a differential white blood cell count to determine what type of infection is likely. What leukocyte would you expect to be above normal in a parasitic infection?
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Answer by Paco
Eosinophils
Eosinophils primarily deal with parasitic infections and an increase in them may indicate such.
I typed “abnormal leukocyte parasitic infection” into Google. It was the 4th link.
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Originally posted 2011-07-17 11:45:06.
