Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 11(42), p. e403-e406, 2023
DOI: 10.1097/inf.0000000000004093
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection in children with autoimmune neutropenia may be a cause for concern. In this retrospective study, none of the 24 autoimmune neutropenia cases manifested severe coronavirus disease 2019. We found a significant improvement in neutrophils and a reduction in lymphocytes at post-infection follow-up compared with the median of previous values. We speculate that this paradoxical effect may be due to postinfection immunological phenomena.