Case Report Lobar pneumonia in a patient with Covid induced neutropenia (ANC 12)
Profound Neutropenia in SARS Covid 2 infection 20
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https://doi.org/10.15713/ins.bhj.173Abstract
Neutropenia is a known but rare haematological complication of COVID-19 infection in immunocompetent patients. There is sparse literature on neutropenia in patients with COVID-19, except a few case reports. We encountered a similar case in an intensive care unit that presented with Lobar pneumonia with profound neutropenia (Neurtophil count 30 ) who had no co-morbidity and taken both covid vaccine as per recommondation. The patient was admitted to isolated negative pressure room with antiviral, antifungal and antibiotics along with low molecular heparin started. Patient deteriorated and required High flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC) oxygen support with steroid supplementation. . Thus, we treated successfully , a patient with SARS COV 2 infection with lobar pneumonia complicated with profound neutropenia with no co-morbidity which improved with Granulocyte colony stimulating factors to normal level=13.
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