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
- Neutrophilia with a degenerative left shift
- Lymphocytosis
- Neutrophilia with a hyperregenerative left shift
- Neutrophilia with a regenerative left shift
- Neutrophilic leukocytosis with a right shift
Correct answer
Neutrophilia with a regenerative left shift
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