A patient presented to the emergency department of the hospital with a swollen, reddened, painful leg wound and has been diagnosed with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) cellulitis
The patient's physician has ordered a complete blood count and white cell differential. Which of the following blood components would the physician most likely anticipate to be elevated?
A)
Basophils
B)
Eosinophils
C)
Platelets
D)
Neutrophils
Ans:
D
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Increased neutrophils are associated with inflammation in general and bacterial infections in particular. Platelets play a role in inflammation, but their levels would not rise to the same extent as would neutrophils'. Eosinophils are not strongly associated with bacterial infection, and basophils would not increase to the same degree as neutrophils.
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