WBC count and differential. Value in predicting bacterial diseases in children.
To assess published criteria for distinguishing between bacterial and non-bacterial infections by examination of the WBC count and differential, we reviewed 328 consecutive inpatient admissions to a pediatric communicable diseases service. In our experience, the WBC count and differential could not differentiate between bacterial and nonbacterial disease.
D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007958:Leukocyte Count