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Could onychomycosis cause elevated white blood cell count?
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Not usually: Elevated white counts tend to be a hallmark of a bacterial infection, not a fungal infection--particularly in the nails.
Answered 6/10/2017
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ONLY IF.....: there may be an associated bacterial infection.
Answered 10/26/2017
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