Bacteraemia in sickle cell anaemia is associated with low haemoglobin: a report of 890 admissions to a tertiary hospital in Tanzania

Bacteraemia is a leading cause of morbidity in sickle cell anaemia (SCA), but information from studies in Africa is limited. We evaluated 890 admissions from 648 SCA patients at a tertiary hospital in Tanzania. Bacteraemia was present in 43 admissions (4·8%); isolates included Staphylococcus aureus...

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Publicat a:Br J Haematol
Autors principals: Makani, Julie, Mgaya, Josephine, Balandya, Emmanuel, Msami, Khadija, Soka, Deogratias, Cox, Sharon E., Komba, Albert N., Rwezaula, Stella, Meda, Elineema, Muturi, David, Kitundu, Jesse, Fegan, Gregory, Kirkham, Fenella J., Newton, Charles R., Snow, Robert W., Lowe, Brett
Format: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicat: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2015
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Red Cells and Iron
Accés en línia:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4744759/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26084722
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjh.13553
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