Haemolysis with Mediterranean spotted fever and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency.
Mediterranean spotted fever with haemolysis is reported in a glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficient Algerian man. The clinical course was unusually severe for a 27-year-old patient. The authors suspect G6PD deficiency to be a cause of enhanced severity in Mediterranean spotted fever as well as in other rickettsioses.
D000328:Adult; D000743:Anemia, Hemolytic / Q000150:complications*; D001907:Boutonneuse Fever / Q000150:complications*; D005955:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male