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CLINICALPATHOLOGY-142
When interpreting the CSF CELL DIFFERENTIAL in bacterial meningitis, what change occurs during the HEALING PHASE as the patient responds to antibiotics?
A. PMN count increases and becomes more neutrophilic
B. SHIFT FROM NEUTROPHILIC to LYMPHOCYTIC PREDOMINANCE as treatment succeeds (monocytes and lymphocytes replace PMNs)
C. Complete disappearance of all cells immediately
D. Eosinophils dominate during recovery
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