A healthy high school athlete is diagnosed with fever and cellulitis of the right knee. The infection is resistant to oral antibiotics. He then develops osteomyelitis of the right knee. If untreated, the infection could result in
A) Severe neutropenia
B) Decrease white blood cells
C) Normal creatinine clearance
D) A fungal infection
Ans: A
Feedback: Patients with phagocytic cell disorders may develop severe neutropenia. With the onset of neutropenia the white blood cell count increases and the creatinine clearance decreases. The patient may be prone to a fungal infection but will not present with cellulitis and osteomyelitis.
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