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Granulocytopenia: Excerpt from A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis

Infections
   Viral
       Influenza
       Infectious mononucleosis
       Infectious hepatitis
       Rubella
       Chickenpox
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       Overwhelming bacteremia
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Nutritional
Vitamin B₁₂   or folate deficiency
   Cachexia
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Bone marrow dysfunction
   Acute leukemias (aleukemic)
   Lymphoproliferative disorders
   Myelofibrosis
       Primary: myeloproliferative disorders
       Secondary
          Tumor infiltration
          Infection
   Aplastic anemia
   Myelodysplastic syndromes
Immune neutropenia
   Drug-induced
   Collagen vascular disease (systemic lupus erythematosus)
   Neoplasia
   Autoimmune neutropenia
Other
   Benign neutropenia of blacks
   Chronic idiopathic neutropenia
   Cyclic neutropenia
   Benign familial neutropenia

References

1. Dale DC: Neutropenia, p. 815. See Bibliography, 2.
2. Budman DR, Steinberg AD: Hematologic Aspects of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Ann Intern Med   86:220, 1977.
3. Aboulafia DM, Mitsuyasu RT: Hematologic Abnormalities in AIDS. Hematol Oncol Clin N Am   5:195, 1991.

Book Source Details

• Book Title: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
• Author(s): Stephen N. Adler, Dianne B. Gasbarra
• Year of Publication: 1999
• Copyright Details: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis, Copyright © 1999 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

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