Chronic neutropenia in adults. / Kronisk nøytropeni hos voksne.
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen
; 143(9)2023 06 13.
Article
em En, Nor
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-37341406
ABSTRACT
Neutrophils are an important component of the innate immune system, and they prevent bacterial and fungal infections by phagocytosis and killing of pathogens. Neutropenia is defined as an abnormally low number of circulating neutrophils, and the term chronic neutropenia is used when it lasts more than three months. The objective of this clinical review is to raise awareness among doctors in Norway of chronic neutropenia and possible causes. A patient with severe neutropenia and fever requires immediate admission to hospital and initiation of empiric sepsis treatment before the cause of neutropenia has been determined, but patients with chronic neutropenia do not always require rapid and extensive workup.
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Neutropenia
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2023
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