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What Could The Findings In Blood Test Along With Fever Indicate?

18years old student suffers from high grade fever with rigors for the last 5 days fever . fever is remitent and there is no cough or abdominal complaints examination of throat,chest and heart is normal . Hb is 14g/dl ,wbc count is 5400cmm,,normal dlc, ESR is 15 mm at the end of the first hour. what are three likely possibilities and why?

posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014

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Pathologist and Microbiologist, Dr. Shailja Puri's Response

Hello and welcome to HCM,
High grade fever with chills is seen in infections like- malaria, urinary tract infection, cholangitis, pneumonia etc.
However, normal total leukocyte count (TLC) and differential leukocyte count (DLC) rule out the possibility of bacterial infections.
Malaria is one of the possibilities.
Malarial parasite is detected on peripheral blood smear examination.
Consult your doctor for a peripheral blood examination.

Thanks and take care
Dr Shailja P Wahal

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What Could The Findings In Blood Test Along With Fever Indicate?

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