✅A 2-year-old child was admitted to the department with suspected pertussis (unvaccinated). ✅Leukocytosis 31 x 10³/µL. Thrombocytosis 681 x 10³/µL. Mild microcytic anemia. ✅Blood smear shows lymphocytes with cleaved nuclei and many smudge cells. 👉Case kindly provided by Tatyana Belousova
Lymphocyte Morphology and Leukocytosis in Pertussis
A clinical case of pertussis in a 2-year-old child: pronounced lymphocytosis, lymphocytes with cleaved nuclei, and smudge cells in the blood smear.
