Background. Sepsis is difficult to diagnose clinically because the signs and symptoms are non-specific. Blood culture is the gold standard, but it has low sensitivity and it takes at least 24-48 hours before results are released. Cell population data such as mean neutrophil volume (MNV) has recently been shown to be significantly increased in septic patients both with high WBC and normal/low WBC count.
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