Table 2.

Differential diagnosis of neutropenia.

Acquired
Table adapted from: Newburger PE. Neutropenia. In: Rakel RE, Bope ET, eds. Conn’s Current Therapy 2006. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier; 2006:502–505 
    Bone marrow aplasia, dysplasia, or replacement 
    Drug-induced 
    impaired production (chemotherapy, phenothiazines, other drugs) 
    antibody-mediated (aminopyrine, other drugs) 
    Hypersplenism 
    Immune-mediated (alloimmune and autoimmune) 
    Nutritional (folate, vitamin B12
    Sepsis with exhaustion of bone marrow storage pool 
    Viral bone marrow suppression 
Congenital 
    Cyclic hematopoiesis 
    Familial benign neutropenia 
    Myelokathexis 
    Severe chronic neutropenia 
Complex syndromes including neutropenia 
    Cartilage-hair hypoplasia 
    Chédiak-Higashi syndrome 
    Dyskeratosis congenital 
    Primary immunodeficiencies (e.g., X-linked hyper-IgM syndrome) 
    Metabolic disorders (e.g., glycogen storage disease type 1b, organic acidurias) 
    Fanconi anemia 
    Reticular dysgenesis 
    Shwachman-Diamond syndrome 
Acquired
Table adapted from: Newburger PE. Neutropenia. In: Rakel RE, Bope ET, eds. Conn’s Current Therapy 2006. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier; 2006:502–505 
    Bone marrow aplasia, dysplasia, or replacement 
    Drug-induced 
    impaired production (chemotherapy, phenothiazines, other drugs) 
    antibody-mediated (aminopyrine, other drugs) 
    Hypersplenism 
    Immune-mediated (alloimmune and autoimmune) 
    Nutritional (folate, vitamin B12
    Sepsis with exhaustion of bone marrow storage pool 
    Viral bone marrow suppression 
Congenital 
    Cyclic hematopoiesis 
    Familial benign neutropenia 
    Myelokathexis 
    Severe chronic neutropenia 
Complex syndromes including neutropenia 
    Cartilage-hair hypoplasia 
    Chédiak-Higashi syndrome 
    Dyskeratosis congenital 
    Primary immunodeficiencies (e.g., X-linked hyper-IgM syndrome) 
    Metabolic disorders (e.g., glycogen storage disease type 1b, organic acidurias) 
    Fanconi anemia 
    Reticular dysgenesis 
    Shwachman-Diamond syndrome 
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