Children have greater neutrophilic response than adults . Some elderly patients have little or no neutrophilic response . People of any age who are debilitated, may not have neutrophilic response . Number of neutrophils decrease greatly with overwhelming infection , resistance exhausted , approaching death . Ratio of segs to bands Shift to left Increased bands Means acute infection, usually bacterial.
Body is unprotected against invading agents .
Requires reverse isolation. Activated by allergic reactions, foreign proteins and parasites . Eosinophils disappear with corticosteroids . Eosinophilic myelocytes found only in leukemia or leukemoid pictures . Basophils Concentrated in connective tissue and pericapillary areas.