title: Hemolytic crisis in a G6PD-deficient infant after ingestion of pumpkin.
abstract: A 8 month-old infant presented with acute onset of severe jaundice, anemia requiring transfusion and Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase deficiency. The infant did not take drugs, he did not consume fava beans, but fava beans DNA was found on pumpkin he consumed the day before jaundice onset. This is the first case of hemolysis triggered by ingestion of food cross-contaminated with fava beans.
authors.forename: Gian Vincenzo
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Zuccotti
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Redaelli
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gualdi
authors.forename: Valeria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rizzi
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mameli
authors.forename: Dario
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dilillo
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Luigi Sacco Hospital, University of Milan, Via G,B, Grassi, 74, 20157 Milan, Italy. valentina.fabiano@unimi.it.
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Fabiano
mesh_terms: D028464:Cucurbita / Q000009:adverse effects; D005236:Favism / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005506:Food Contamination; D005955:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007565:Jaundice / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D031307:Vicia faba / Q000009:adverse effects*