PREVENTION OF INFECTION IN A PATIENT WITH CHRONIC IDIOPATHIC NEUTROPENIA UNDERGOING CORONARY-BYPASS SURGERY WITH PERIOPERATIVE G-CSF

The prevention of postoperative infection complications in a patient w ith chronic idiopathic neutropenia treated with granulocyte colony sti mulating factor (G-CSF) is reported. A 48-year-old woman who presented with chronic idiopathic neutropenia causing life-long recurrent infec tions, and postoperative suppurative wound infections, presented for e lective coronary artery surgery. The patient was successfully treated with G-CSF, resulting in a significantly higher neutrophil count and n o infection complications in the peri-operative period. Peri-operative G-CSF therapy in patients with chronic idiopathic neutropenia is effe ctive in increasing the total neutrophil count, and decreasing infecti on complications.