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Posted On : 01 Apr 2008

In a child with post viral infection neutropenia, which might take a few days sometimes also a week to pick up again,how does one manage and what is the mean duration of time to expect the counts to increase?

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saeedelsadek

if the neutroph.count dropped below 500 we should keep the child in revese isolation and cover him with antibiotics, after onw week we can give him c stimulatig factor to stimulate his b. marrow.

17 years ago

ababsa

wait and see-followup
the count of neutrphil wii be increase again by 2-3 w

17 years ago

pediatriconcall

You need to regularly follow up the child. Usually the neutrophil count start to show a rising trend within a few days of resolution of clinical disease. A serial CBC is required. Neutropenia that occurs with common childhood viral diseases develops during the first 1 to 2 days of illness and may persist for 3 to 8 days. If it persists longer a bone marrow examination may be required. There is no treatment required for post viral neutropenia in the meantime.

17 years ago

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