Drugs given to treat these infections may also cause neutropenia. (See Drug-induced neutropenia and agranulocytosis .) This review will discuss the neutropenias that can occur during bacterial, viral, parasitic, or rickettsial infections. Approaches to determining the cause of unexplained neutropenia in children and adults are presented
Many other drugs can cause neutropenia less commonly and reviewing the and in whom benign ethnic neutropenia, drug- induced neutropenia and other
Others causes of acquired neutropenia, such as primary immune mechanisms, chemotherapy, and infections, as well as congenital neutropenia in children are discussed separately. (See Immune neutropenia and Infectious causes of neutropenia and Congenital neutropenia and Overview of neutropenic fever syndromes .)
Febrile Neutropenia refers to Neutropenia associated with fever, indicating the presence of an infection. Drugs used to treat Febrile Neutropenia The medications listed below are related to or used in the treatment of this condition.
Drugs can cause both hypoplastic neutropenia from bone marrow suppression or autoimmune neutropenia. Chemotherapeutic agents are commonly known to cause neutropenia. Levamisole is a veterinary antiparasitic drug that has been frequently used as an adulterant in cocaine and is known to cause agranulocytosis.
Chemotherapy can cause neutropenia by affecting the way bone marrow works and lowering the production of neutrophils. Drugs used to treat Neutropenia Associated with Chemotherapy The medications listed below are related to or used in the treatment of this condition.
List of Rare Diseases Gene Therapy for Certain chemotherapeutic medications for the treatment of cancer cause predictable neutropenia.
Drug-induced neutropenia and agranulocytosis will be reviewed here. Others causes of acquired neutropenia, such as primary immune mechanisms, chemotherapy, and infections, as well as congenital neutropenia in children are discussed separately.
Drug-induced immune thrombocytopenia; Drug-induced thrombotic microangiopathy (DITMA) Immune neutropenia; Infectious causes of neutropenia; Overview of neutropenia in children and adolescents; Overview of neutropenic fever syndromes; Patient education: Neutropenia (The Basics) Schizophrenia in adults: Guidelines for prescribing clozapine
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