Granulocyte infusion: benefit beyond neutrophils?

The article presents a case study of a woman of 45 years with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) blasts and poor karyotype. Topics discussed include her treatment using daunorubicin, reappearance of blasts in peripheral blood after completion of chemotherapy and increase in neutrophil count after granulocyte infusions. Other topics include information that higher amount of lymphocytes are present in buffy coat granulocytes and use of non-engrafting allogeneic cells in granulocyte infusion.