Neutropenia is a condition in which there are not enough neutrophils, a type of white blood cell, in the blood. Neutrophils are essential for the body's defence against infection, destroying ...
Chemotherapy-induced neutropenia is a major risk factor for infection-related morbidity and mortality and an important dose-limiting toxicity in cancer treatment. The incidence of severe ...
Late-onset neutropenia (LON) is emerging as a common adverse effect to rituximab therapy owing to widespread use of this drug in the treatment of B-cell lymphomas and autoimmune diseases.
Objective: To systematically evaluate the literature to determine whether vancomycin-induced neutropenia is dose- or duration-related and provide clinicians with feasible treatment alternatives.