A 29-year-old construction worker got a sliver under his fingernail 4 days ago. The affected finger is now reddened, painful, swollen, and warm to touch. Which of the following hematological processes is most likely occurring in the bone marrow in response to the infection?
A) Proliferation of immature neutrophils
B) High circulatory levels of myeloblasts
C) Increased segmented neutrophil production
D) Phagocytosis by myelocytes
Ans:
A
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A part of the immune response is the proliferation of neutrophils in response to infectious organisms. Neutrophilia is an increase in immature neutrophils ("bands") most commonly seen in acute infections and tissue injuries that promote the accelerated release of neutrophils and their precursors into the circulation. Myeloblasts are not normally found in circulation, and segmented neutrophils would not yet have reached maturity (takes approximately 2 weeks to mature). Myelocytes do not perform phagocytosis.
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