The diagnostic value of absolute neutrophil count, band count and morphologic changes of neutrophils in predicting bacterial infections

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 344-347

  Al Gwaiz, Layla A ^a,b   Babay, Hanan H ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Absolute neutrophil count; Band count; Neutrophil morphologic changes; White blood cell count

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NEWBORN; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34548098663     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000104806     Document Type: Article

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