White blood cell left shift in a neonate: A case of mistaken identity

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 378-380

  Mohamed, I S I ^a   Wynn, R J ^a   Cominsky, K ^a   Reynolds, A M ^a   Ryan, R M ^a   Kumar, V H ^a   Lakshminrusimha, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Early onset sepsis; Family history; Full term neonate; Pelger Huet anomaly; WBC left shift

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CELL MATURATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FAMILY HISTORY; FATHER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; INHERITANCE; LEUKOCYTE DISORDER; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; RELATIVE; TACHYPNEA; URINE CULTURE;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; PELGER-HUET ANOMALY; SEPSIS;

EID: 33744532100     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211513     Document Type: Article

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