Hepatitis A and cytomegalovirus infection precipitating acute hemolysis in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency.
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.
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Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University Medical Centre, Karachi, Pakistan.
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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