An 18-year-old man has a CBC done when visiting his physician for a persistent sore throat. He has the following results: Which of the following is most likely? a. This patient is normal with a...

An 18-year-old man has a CBC done when visiting his physician for a persistent sore throat. He has the following results:

Which of the following is most likely? a. This patient is normal with a slightly elevated WBC count because of his sore throat b. This patient has infectious mononucleosis and warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia c. This patient is likely to have b-thalassemia minor d. There is a specimen quality issue because of a cold agglutinin