A teenager is diagnosed with cellulitis of the right knee and fails to respond to oral antibiotics. He then develops osteomyelitis of the right knee, prompting a detailed diagnostic workup that reveals a phagocytic disorder
This patient faces an increased risk of what complication?
A) Thrombocytopenia
B) HIV/AIDS
C) Neutropenia
D) Hemophilia
Ans: C
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Patients with phagocytic cell disorders may develop severe neutropenia. None of the other listed health problems is a common complication of phagocytic disorders.
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