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SAGE Publications, Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology, (10), p. 204512532094093, 2020

DOI: 10.1177/2045125320940935

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The effect of COVID-19 on absolute neutrophil counts in patients taking clozapine

Journal article published in 2020 by Siobhan Gee ORCID, David Taylor ORCID
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Abstract

Clozapine is associated with haematological side effects, including neutropaenia, which can signal impending life-threatening agranulocytosis. Patients with COVID-19 infection frequently experience lymphopaenia, but not neutropaenia. We present 13 patients established on clozapine who developed COVID-19 infection. There were no significant differences in total white cell or neutrophil counts between pre-COVID-19, intra-COVID-19 or post-COVID-19 periods. We therefore suggest that patients who develop COVID-19 should generally have their clozapine treatment continued. Patients taking clozapine who develop neutroapaenia during COVID-19 infection should be investigated and monitored as in normal practice, because changes in neutrophil counts cannot be assumed to be due to the viral infection.