Table 2.
Classification of neutropenia
| Congenital | Severe infantile agranulocytosis (Kostmann’s syndrome), Shwachman–Diamond–Oski syndrome, Myelokathexis/neutropenia with tetraploid nuclei, Cyclic neutropenia,Chediak–Higashi syndrome, Reticular dysgenesis, Dyskeratosis congenita |
| Acquired | Postinfectious neutropenia |
| Drug-induced neutropenia | |
| Complement activation (haemodialysis, leukapheresis,ARDS) | |
| Immune neutropenia | |
| Isoimmune neonatal neutropenia, Alloimmune neutropenia(transfusion reaction), Autoimmune neutropenia(primary), Autoimmune neutropenia(secondary) | |
| Chronic idiopathic neutropenia | |
| Hypersplenism | |
| Nutritional deficiency (vitamin B12 or folate deficiency) | |
| Diseases affecting the bone marrow | |
| Postchemotherapy, Aplastic anaemia, Fanconi anaemia, Myelodysplastic syndrome, Acute and chronic leukaemia |
Adapted from Capsoni et al. [5]