Selcuk YAYLACI1, Emine Ulku YILMAZ1, Ertugrul GUCLU2, Neslihan AKKISI KUMSAR3, Ali TAMER1, Oguz KARABAY2

1Department of Internal Medicine, Sakarya University Faculty of Medicine, Sakarya
2Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Sakarya University Faculty of Medicine, Sakarya
3Department of Physiciatry, Sakarya University Faculty of Medicine, Sakarya

Keywords: Cellulitis; clozapine; febrile neutropenia; granulocyte colonystimulating factor

Abstract

Clozapine is one of the atypical antipsychotics and is frequently prescribed to patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia. Agranulocytosis is a major side effect that may lead to death, which limits its use. This is a case report of a patient that developed febrile neutropenia and cellulitis after treatment with clozapine for 20 weeks.