Can clindamycin cause neutropenia? I am a year out from very strong chemo for breast cancer. My counts were better in February. But now my neutrophils are .8 and my lymphocytes are .7. My red count and platelets are really good.

My oncologist is not worried. But I am. Then I read somewhere that antibiotics can cause neutropenia. I was on clindamycin for 30 days (for cellulitis of the radiated area). So my question is: have you also heard that clindamycin can cause neutropenia?

I guess another question would be, do you know of patients (who don't have some terrible thing like aleukemia or mds) that have such a low neutrophil count (.8) almost a year from chemotherapy?  I have heard that some oncologists say counts can be low for 5 years.  But, .8 seems too low for that. 

Thank you.