CORRELATION OF TOTAL COUNT (WBC), NEUTROPHIL COUNT AND CRP TEST AMONG FEBRILE PATIENTS IN NAVIMUMBAI
| Autor: | Ashwini Panchmahalkar, Narayana Kamath, Sarita Shrivatstva |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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| Zdroj: | International Journal of Medical and Biomedical Studies. 3 |
| ISSN: | 2589-8698 2589-868X |
| Popis: | 150 febrile patients included children (50), adult (50) and neonates (50) from outpatient departments and inpatients of private clinics and hospitals. Patients presented with fever and chills for more than 1 day to 3 days, throat infection, ear infection and cold and fever and only fever as the principal symptoms. After clinical examination all the patients were prescribed for Complete Blood Count (CBC) with differential count(DC) and C-reactive protein(CRP) tests, and in children below 14 years anti-Streptolysin O(ASO) tests ( 75) were prescribed. Patients treated with antibiotics previously two weeks before the study period were not included. Qualitative and quantitative tests were performed on all patients’ samples included in the study depending on the need/prescription by the physician or paediatrician. CBC, neutrophil count and CRP have been very useful indicators and significant in the diagnosis and treatment as well as follow-up of the febrile condition of the patients specially in patients suffering with bacterial infections. Even in patients with Dengue and malaria it gives a fair idea if there were leucocytosis or leukopenia, neutrophilia or neutropenia, thrombocytosis or thrombocytopenia. CBC: Complete blood count, DC: Differential count; MP: malarial parasite, CRP: C-reactive protein, ASO: Anti-Streptolysin O. |
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