MONOCYTOSIS

infection:

tuberculosis

brucellosis

infective endocarditis

malaria

trypanosomiasis

rickettsial infections

viral infections, especially in children

visceral leishmaniasis

convalescence from various acute infections

other inflammatory conditions:

inflammatory bowel disease

sarcoidosis

collagen vascular diseases, eg. rheumatoid arthritis, SLE

malignant disease:

Hodgkin's disease

acute myelomonocytic and monocytic leukaemia (M4 & M5)

myelodysplastic syndrome type 5 (chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia)

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