Acute infection, inflammatory reaction, and administration of glucocorticosteroids may result in:

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Acute infection, inflammatory reactions, and administration of glucocorticosteroids can result in eosinopenia, which is a decrease in the number of eosinophils in the blood. Basophilia refers to an increase in the number of basophils, mastocytosis is a rare disorder characterized by an abnormal accumulation of mast cells, and histiocytosis is a group of rare disorders in which there is an overproduction of histiocytes (a type of white blood cell).

Acute Infection, Inflammatory Reaction, and Administration of Glucocorticosteroids May Result