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If you have pneumonia, is it gone when wbc is normal?
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No: The resolution of pneumonia is a clinical diagnosis based on improvement of symptoms (cough, fever, etc), and also chest x-ray. Chest x-ray findings may lag behind clinical improvement.
Answered 9/12/2013
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