Egara Symptom

**Egara Symptom** is a sign of an increased number of leukocytes in the peripheral blood (neutrophils, stabs). The number of leukocytes in acute leukemia or in purulent infectious diseases increases between 8 and 12 days from the onset of the disease. Under normal conditions, lymphocytes and monocytes can reach maximum values ​​only towards the end of the disease - on days 20-23.

*History of the term* The symptom was first described by Egar in 1901, after which its existence was confirmed by other researchers. For acute inf. pathologies 5-7 days after the onset