Microbiology: An Evolving Science (Fourth Edition)
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ISBN: 9780393615098
Author: John W. Foster, Joan L. Slonczewski
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Chapter 26, Problem 15RQ
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The importance of detection of leukocytes in stool.
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Gastrointestinal tract infection can cause various types of diarrhea. These are secretory, osmotic, motility-related, and inflammatory diarrhea. The severity of the disease caused varies among different pathogens. The leukocytes are the white blood cells of the body with numbers that increase during various kinds of infections.
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