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Exam questionKROK 1Dentistry · 2014

A 23-year-old patient with acute pulpitis has elevated body temperature and an increase in the WBC count up to 14 × 109/l. The leucogram is as follows: basophils - 0, eosinophils - 2, monocytes - 0, immature neutrophils - 4, stab neutrophils - 8, segmented neutrophils - 56, lymphocytes - 26, monocytes - 4. How can we interpret these changes in the white blood cells?

Answer options

  1. Neutrophilia with a degenerative left shift
  2. Lymphocytosis
  3. Neutrophilia with a hyperregenerative left shift
  4. Neutrophilia with a regenerative left shift
  5. Neutrophilic leukocytosis with a right shift
Correct answer

Neutrophilia with a regenerative left shift

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