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Neutropenia screening

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Daniel A. Gerber, M.D. [2]

Overview

Overview

There are no routine screening recommendations for neutropenia.

Screening

Screening

Neutropenia is typically identified incidentally on routine blood work or while monitoring after cytotoxic therapy.[1]

References

References

  1. ↑ Freifeld AG, Bow EJ, Sepkowitz KA, Boeckh MJ, Ito JI, Mullen CA, Raad II, Rolston KV, Young JA, Wingard JR; Infectious Diseases Society of America. (2011). “Clinical practice guideline for the use of antimicrobial agents in neutropenic patients with cancer: 2010 update by the infectious diseases society of america”. Clin Infect Dis. 52 (4): e56–95. PMID 21258094.

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