Fecal Leukocytes

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Contents 1 More Specific Terms 2 Indications 3 Clinical-significance 4 More General Terms 5 Additional Terms 6 References

More Specific Terms

• eosinophils in stool
• neutrophils in stool

Indications

• evaluation of diarrhea

Clinical-significance

• fecal leukocytes are generally present with:

• invasive intestinal bacterial infection

• Salmonella
• Shigella
• Yersinia
• invasive E. coli

• Entamoeba histolytica
• inflammatory processes

• ulcerative colitis

• antibiotic-associated colitis (occasional)
  

• fecal leukocytes are generally absent with:

• diarrhea secondary to viruses
• diarrhea secondary to toxigenic bacteria

• Staphylococcus
• E. coli
• Clostridium perfringens
• Vibrio cholera

• parasites

• Giardia
• Entamoeba

More General Terms

• clinical microbiology test

Additional Terms

• feces (stool)
• leukocyte (white blood cell)

References

1. Clinical Diagnosis & Management by Laboratory Methods, 19th edition, J.B. Henry (ed), W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, PA. 1996, pg 532-33
2. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 13th ed. Isselbacher et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1994, pg 531

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