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Fecal WBC

Test Code
FECW


Preferred Specimen
Feces.


Instructions
No contamination with urine or water


Transport Container
ETM container or Clean container


Transport Temperature
ETM container- Room temp. - 48 hours Room temp. 24 hrs. (2 hrs. if liquid stool) Refrigerated 48 hrs.


Reference Range
See report for normal ranges.


Clinical Significance
Patients with chronic ulcerative colitis and chronic bacillary dysentery pass large quantities of polymorphonuclear leukocytes in stool. In amoebic colitis and viral gastroenteritis, PMN's are seldom seen in the stool.




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