Typhoid fever and haemolytic anaemia in a black patient with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency. A case report.
A young Zulu man was admitted for investigation of anaemia, jaundice and fever. He had a haemolytic anaemia, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency and typhoid fever. Reports on haemolysis as a complication of typhoid fever in patients with G6PD deficiency are exceedingly rare in countries where the gene frequency of G6PD deficiency is low.
D000328:Adult; D000743:Anemia, Hemolytic / Q000150:complications*; D005955:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000150:complications*