title: Hepatitis A and cytomegalovirus infection precipitating acute hemolysis in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency.
abstract: A 34-year-old man presented with acute hemolytic anemia secondary to acute viral hepatitis A and a coexisting acute cytomegalovirus infection. This association has not been described previously in patients with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency and is the subject of this report.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University Medical Centre, Karachi, Pakistan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Siddiqui
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Khan
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000743:Anemia, Hemolytic / Q000150:complications*; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications*; D005955:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency / Q000150:complications*; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male