Traumatic brain injury necessitates the use of antiepileptics for seizure prophylaxis, which are associated with multiple side effects including neutropenia, which may be dose dependent or idiosyncratic. We report the case of a young male with traumatic brain injury who developed febrile neutropenia, likely secondary to antiepileptic use. Early recognition and stopping of the drugs with use of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor led to the successful management of the patient.
Keywords febrile neutropenia - neurointensive care settings - traumatic brain injury© 2024. The Author(s). This is an open access article published by Thieme under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, permitting unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction so long as the original work is properly cited. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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