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WBC Count and Differential: Value in Predicting Bacterial Diseases in Children

WBC Count and Differential: Value in Predicting Bacterial Diseases in Children Abstract • To assess published criteria for distinguishing between bacterial and nonbacterial infections by examination of the WBC count and differential, we reviewed 328 consecutive inpatient admissions to a pediatric communicable diseases service. In our experience, the WBC count and differential could not differentiate between bacterial and nonbacterial disease. (Am J Dis Child 133:25-27, 1979) References 1. Todd JK: Childhood infections: Diagnostic value of peripheral white blood cell and differential cell counts . Am J Dis Child 127:810-816, 1974.Crossref 2. Wintrobe MW: The principals and technic of blood examination , in Wintrobe MW: Clinical Hematology. Philadelphia , Lea & Febiger, 1967. 3. Diggs LW, Strum B, Bell A: The Morphology of Human Blood Cells . Chicago, Abbott Laboratories, 1970. 4. Weitzman M: Diagnostic utility of white blood cell and differential cell counts . Am J Dis Child 129:1183-1189, 1975. 5. McCarthy PL, Jekel JF, Dolan TF: Temperature greater than or equal to 40 C in children less than 25 months of age: A prospective study . Pediatrics 59:663-668, 1977. 6. Zipursky A, Palko J, Milner R, et al: The hematology of bacterial infections in premature infants . Pediatrics 57:839-853, 1976. 7. Manroe B, Browne R, Weinberg AG, et al: The white blood count (WBC) in the diagnosis of neonatal group B streptococcal sepsis . Pediatr Res 10:427, 1976. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Diseases of Children American Medical Association

WBC Count and Differential: Value in Predicting Bacterial Diseases in Children

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American Medical Association
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0002-922X
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10.1001/archpedi.1979.02130010031003
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Abstract • To assess published criteria for distinguishing between bacterial and nonbacterial infections by examination of the WBC count and differential, we reviewed 328 consecutive inpatient admissions to a pediatric communicable diseases service. In our experience, the WBC count and differential could not differentiate between bacterial and nonbacterial disease. (Am J Dis Child 133:25-27, 1979) References 1. Todd JK: Childhood infections: Diagnostic value of peripheral white blood cell and differential cell counts . Am J Dis Child 127:810-816, 1974.Crossref 2. Wintrobe MW: The principals and technic of blood examination , in Wintrobe MW: Clinical Hematology. Philadelphia , Lea & Febiger, 1967. 3. Diggs LW, Strum B, Bell A: The Morphology of Human Blood Cells . Chicago, Abbott Laboratories, 1970. 4. Weitzman M: Diagnostic utility of white blood cell and differential cell counts . Am J Dis Child 129:1183-1189, 1975. 5. McCarthy PL, Jekel JF, Dolan TF: Temperature greater than or equal to 40 C in children less than 25 months of age: A prospective study . Pediatrics 59:663-668, 1977. 6. Zipursky A, Palko J, Milner R, et al: The hematology of bacterial infections in premature infants . Pediatrics 57:839-853, 1976. 7. Manroe B, Browne R, Weinberg AG, et al: The white blood count (WBC) in the diagnosis of neonatal group B streptococcal sepsis . Pediatr Res 10:427, 1976.

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American Journal of Diseases of Children – American Medical Association

Published: Jan 1, 1979

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