Efficacy of using trimethoprim‐sulfamethoxazole prophylaxis in an adult patient with autoimmune neutropenia

• Published in: Journal of general and family medicine Vol. 20; no. 5; pp. 199 - 202
• Main Authors: Azuma, Naoto, Sekiguchi, Masahiro, Matsunaga, Hitomi, Sano, Hajime, Matsui, Kiyoshi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.09.2019; John Wiley and Sons Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: adult; Adults; Antibiotics; autoimmune neutropenia; Bacterial infections; Bone marrow; Case Report; Case Reports; Chemotherapy; Diabetes; Drug dosages; Granulocytes; Hepatitis; Immunoglobulins; Infections; Microorganisms; Neutropenia; Neutrophils; Patients; Pharmaceuticals; Pneumonia; prophylaxis; trimethoprim‐sulfamethoxazole; autoimmune neutropenia; trimethoprim‐sulfamethoxazole; adult; prophylaxis

A 63‐year‐old man was admitted for pneumonia with neutropenia. After the pneumonia resolved with administration of antibiotics and granulocyte colony‐stimulating factor, he was diagnosed with autoimmune neutropenia (AIN) on the basis of bone marrow findings and positive antineutrophil antibodies. He...