The nurse is preparing to admit a 1-month-old infant with severe congenital neutropenia (Kostmann disease). What clinical features of severe congenital neutropenia should the nurse recognize? (Select all that apply.)
a. Anemia is present.
b. Neutropenia is present.
c. The illness is severe.
d. It has a dominant inheritance pattern.
e. There are decreased eosinophils in the bone marrow.
ANS: B, C
The clinical features of severe congenital neutropenia include anemia and neutropenia, and the illness is severe. It has an autosomal recessive inheritance pattern, and there are increased, not decreased, eosinophils in the bone marrow
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