A patient with Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) defi…
A patient with Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency has undergone treatment with an oxidant drug. You could expect to see all of the following findings on a routine, Wright-stained, peripheral blood smear except:
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A 32 year old garbage collector was working one Tuesday afternoon, when he slipped on the side of a dumpster and cut himself deeply on his left arm. He bandaged himself up and went on with work normally for the rest of the week. On Friday, he experienced symptoms of fever, chills and disorientation, so he went to the Emergency Room. Upon arrival, the physician noted redness and swelling of the laceration on the patient’s left arm. The attending physician ordered a CBC.CBC Results: WBC 19.0 x 109/L RBC 3.45 x 1012/L Platelets 210,000/uL Hgb 10.0 g/dL Hct 30% Which of the white blood cell pictures below would be the most expected when performing the manual differential on this patient?
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