Refer to Large Granular Lymphocytic Leukemia. My Oncologist uses the terms interchangably.
Granulocytic ehrlichiosis is probably spread by the blacklegged tick Ixodes scapularis
The bacteria that causes granulocytic ehrlichiosis is not known, but suspected to be either Ehrlichia equi or Ehrlichia phagocytophila
Lymphocytosis
Lymphocytosis is an increase in the number or proportion of lymphocytein the blood, usually detected when a full-blood-countis routinely obtained
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About 100 cases of granulocytic ehrlichiosis have been reported in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Minnesota, New York, and Wisconsin
usually bacterial infections cause an increase in neutrophils the exception is Bordetella pertussis which causes whooping cough results in lymphocytosis
when a person is suffering from lymphocytosis