What Does Presence Of WBC In Stool Sample Indicate?

Posted on Tue, 10 Jun 2014

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Question : IS 2-4 HPF WBC normal in a stool sample? What about growth of commensal flora observed. Patient suffers from chronic abdominal bloating

Answered by Dr. Hardik Thakker (4 hours later)

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Dear XXXXXXX

Greetings from health care magic!!! I am Dr Thakker and shall be answering your question.

leucocytes /WBC are not normally present in the stool. your fecal leucocyte count of 2 to 4 per HPF mean mild inflammation present.

This can be secondary to:

1) Shigellosis

2) Salmonella infection

3) Amoebiasis

4) Inflammatory bowel disease like Crohns disease/ Ulcerative colitis.

We need to know more details about your stool report, if it has any bacteria/ ova/ parasites . Stool culture is next step for confirmation of the bacterial infection and identifying the organism accurately.

I hope this helps you out. If you have any more questions, please do not hesitate to write back to me.

Yours sincerely,
Dr Thakker.

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