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inflammation in general might cause high WBC count which is always caused by infection, also some types of leukemia (bone morrow cancer) might do that as well but the striking feature here is that the cells are (most of the times) abnormal.

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WBC'S are elevated by a bacterial infection( not a aviral infection). WBC'S are elevated by a bacterial infection ( not a virus).

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