A client has just completed radiation and chemotherapy for head and neck cancer. Blood work shows that the client is severely anemic in addition to being severely deficient in platelets and white blood cells. The client is given massive intravenous doses of cephalosporin to treat an infection. The erythrocyte count continues to drop. Additional labs show erythroid hyperplasia in the blood smears and bone marrow biopsy. The client also has developed splenomegaly and jaundice. What is the most likely cause of the continued problem with the client's erythrocytes?

Hemolytic anemia associated with antibiotic use.

Explanation: Hemolytic anemia is a medical condition that develops when the bone marrow does not produce enough erythrocyte in order to make up for the loss of erythrocytes in the blood. The severity of the Hemolytic anemia can be gradual or abrupt which determines how severe the situation or Medical condition can be and on the extent of erythrocyte damage.

HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA CAN BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF ANTIBIOTICS (DRUGS WHICH HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO INHIBIT THE GROWTH OR KILL MICROORGANISMS.

i've never heard of it before.