Infectious Causes of Neutropenia

Aka: Infectious Causes of Neutropenia, Neutropenia due to Infection

II. Pathophysiology

  1. Infection is most common cause of acquired Neutropenia
  2. Infectious Neutropenia is often via marrow injury
  3. Granulomatous infections infiltrate marrow

III. Causes: Severe Neutropenia

  1. Bacterial Sepsis (especially Gram Negative Bacteria)
  2. Infectious Mononucleosis
  3. Hepatitis B Virus
  4. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

IV. Causes: Viral Infections

  1. Infectious Mononucleosis
  2. Hepatitis B Virus
  3. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
  4. Measles
  5. Mumps
  6. Rubella
  7. Roseola
  8. Malaria
  9. Leishmaniasis
  10. Cytomegalovirus
  11. Colorado Tick Fever
  12. Influenza
  13. Dengue Fever
  14. Viral Hepatitis
  15. Herpes Simplex Virus
  16. Parvovirus
  17. Respiratory Syncytial Virus
  18. Small Pox
  19. Varicella
  20. Yellow Fever

V. Causes: Bacterial Infections

  1. Tuberculosis
  2. Typhoid Fever
  3. Brucellosis
  4. Tularemia
  5. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

VI. Causes: Fungal Infections

  1. Histoplasmosis

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Related Studies

Ontology: Neutropenia associated with infectious disease (C0272181)

Concepts Disease or Syndrome (T047)
ICD9 288.04
ICD10 D70.3
SnomedCT 191341009, 46359005
English Agranulocytosis - infection, Agranulocytosis due to infection, Infective neutropenia, neutropenia due to infection (diagnosis), neutropenia due to infection, Neutropenia d/t infectn, agranulocytosis due to infection (diagnosis), agranulocytosis due to infection, Neutropenia due to infection, Neutropenia associated with infectious disease, Neutropenia associated with infectious disease (disorder)
Spanish neutropenia asociada con enfermedad infecciosa (trastorno), neutropenia asociada con enfermedad infecciosa
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)

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