A student nurse is caring for a patient with bacterial meningitis. Which of the following laboratory results may be expected and would indicate a left shift in the differential?
1. The number of banded neutrophils is higher than normal.
2. The number of eosinophils is higher than normal.
3. The number of lymphocytes is higher than normal.
4. The number of monocytes is higher than normal.
ANS: 1
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