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Could taking antibiotics drop your white blood cell count?

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Dr. Michael Dugan answered

Specializes in Hematology

Possible: Many medications can be associated with a low wbc. Have to be cautious here. It is possible the low WBC was due to something else and this helped lead to the infection.

Answered 10/31/2018

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