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3. Cause: Infections

Neutropenia can cause infections, but the same can happen in reverse. Infections can cause neutropenia because the body is using neutrophils to fight the infection faster than the bone marrow can produce. Infections that commonly lead to neutropenia include tuberculosis, dengue fever, HIV, malaria, Lyme’s disease, Epstein-Barr virus, and viral hepatitis.

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