What Does The Following Nasal Smear Report Indicate?

Posted on Tue, 18 Aug 2015

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Tue, 18 Aug 2015 Answered on

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Question : what does it mean on nose swab when it says RARE EPITHELIAL CELLS and rare NEUTROPHILSon the results?

Answered by Dr. Ronald Schubert (44 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Non diagnostic

Detailed Answer:
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you had been experiencing sinus infection and your doctor took a nasal smear. The results show rare epithelial cells and rare neutrophils. This does not show any sing of infection. If there were infection there would be high numbers of neutrophils as these are the white blood cells that fight infection.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar