Several studies have investigated the impact of neutropenic diets on infection risk and mortality among cancer patients. A systematic review and meta-analysis found that there was no significant ...

Drug-induced neutropenia and agranulocytosis are serious conditions characterized by a decrease in neutrophils, a type of white blood cell essential for fighting infections. Neutropenia refers to ...

Objective: To systematically evaluate the literature to determine whether vancomycin-induced neutropenia is dose- or duration-related and provide clinicians with feasible treatment alternatives.

One factor known to affect a newborn's response to infection is a condition called neonatal neutropenia, in which the infant fails to make enough neutrophils, the immune system's first responders.

The condition can increase the risk of infections. Neutropenia or low levels of neutrophils, primarily results from chemotherapy. It could also result from conditions that disrupt normal ...

Similar figures apply for autoimmune patients but they appear to have more infections during the neutropenic period. Recent reports imply that host factors may play an intriguing role for ...

Ten days of subcutaneous Dacogen resulted in responses among a third of patients with myelofibrosis. Among patients with ...