Mr Xavier was admitted to the hospital complaining of extreme fatigue and having failed a blood test at work he was diagnosed with acute leukemia and over the next several weeks took heavy doses of cancer chemotherapy as an outpatient after the third dose he complained a feeling terrible end of having a sore throat and bloody stools he was again admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of generalized gram-negative infection secondary to Myelosuppression How did the bone marrow depression impact Mr Xavier's condition describe the relationship of myelosuppression to infection and bleeding and the relationship of the drugs to bone marrow activity

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Mr Xavier was admitted to the hospital complaining of extreme fatigue and having failed a blood test at work he was diagnosed with acute leukemia and over the next several weeks took heavy doses of cancer chemotherapy as an outpatient after the third dose he complained a feeling terrible end of having a sore throat and bloody stools he was again admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of generalized gram-negative infection secondary to Myelosuppression How did the bone marrow depression impact Mr Xavier's condition describe the relationship of myelosuppression to infection and bleeding and the relationship of the drugs to bone marrow activity
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