Has Anyone Experienced Bandemia?

[Beeza]

Anyone heard of Bandemia? I not medically savvy at all and was wondering if anyone had any experiences or could point me to some useful resources. My google searching isn't turning up much as far as the actual possible causes of a normal white blood cell count, but an elevated level of immature blood cells. I know this website isn't entirely physics, so I'm hoping someone on here is more medically savvy.

Any help is appreciated!

 

[Monique]

I hadn't heard of it, but this looks like a good answer:

A band is an immature white blood cell. They are often released into the blood stream from the bone marrow in their immature state when there is an infection in the body. When the band level is elevated (and there are increased numbers of immature white blood cells in the blood), it is called a bandemia, and signifies probable infection.

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