Treatment of chronic neutropenia with chloramphenicol.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We describe a patient with chronic congenital idiopathic neutropenia whose neutropenia resolved on four occasions during chloramphenicol therapy. This is the second report of chloramphenicol-responsive chronic neutropenia. Chloramphenicol, in addition to its antimicrobial action, has immune-modulating activity, which may explain the reversal of neutropenia.
Medical subject headings
- Chloramphenicol
- Neutropenia