Evaluation of patients with respiratory symptoms in primary care medicine is often based on peripheral WBC count that dictates the extent of diagnostic investigation. A normal WBC count may result in ...

The fact that leukocytosis is associated with infection does not mean that the white blood cell count is a good test for infection, because many patients with infection have no leukocytosis, and many ...

Of 289 patients with bacteremia, 52% had normal WBC count and 17% had neither WBC elevation nor fever. Despite multiple studies showing that a normal white blood cell (WBC) count does not exclude ...

Objective: To examine the relation between fitness and fibrinogen, white blood cell count, uric acid and metabolic syndrome across levels of adiposity in apparently healthy, nonsmoking men. Design: ...

White blood cells are an important part of your body’s immune system. They’re responsible for protecting your body against infections and invading organisms. You have five types of white blood cells: ...

Mar. 23 -- FRIDAY, May 4 (HealthDay News) -- Men and women with above-normal white blood cell counts could face an increased risk of death at an earlier age, particularly from cardiovascular disease, ...

Even when patients have normal white blood cell (WBC) counts, elevated band counts may diagnose infection and prompt earlier initiation of antibiotics, report researchers. "Our findings suggest that ...