. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 1.

Published in final edited form as: Ann Biomed Eng. 2019 Apr 12;47(7):1657–1674. doi: 10.1007/s10439-019-02256-7

Table 2:

Physical characteristics of main blood components relative to example sepsis-causing pathogen (E. coli).

Component	Size	Concentration (cells/mL)	Density (g/mL)	References
Red blood cells (RBCs)	7.5 – 8.7 µm (diameter)	3.7 – 5.8 × 10⁹	1.086 – 1.122	^{25, 38, 90}
White blood cells (WBCs)	7 – 20 µm (diameter)	3.0 – 11.7 × 10⁶	1.057 – 1.092	^{38, 90, 95}
Platelets	1.5 – 3 µm (diameter)	2.0 – 4.0 × 10⁸	1.072 – 1.077	^{38, 90, 107}
Plasma	-	-	1.024	⁹⁰
*E. coli*	1 – 3 µm (length)	< 10	1.105	^{78, 98, 115}