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Risk of pneumococcal bacteremia in Kenyan children with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency

BACKGROUND: Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is the most common enzyme deficiency state in humans. The clinical phenotype is variable and includes asymptomatic individuals, episodic hemolysis induced by oxidative stress, and chronic hemolysis. G6PD deficiency is common in malaria-...

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Autores principales: Gilchrist, James J., Uyoga, Sophie, Pirinen, Matti, Rautanen, Anna, Mwarumba, Salim, Njuguna, Patricia, Mturi, Neema, Hill, Adrian V. S., Scott, J. Anthony G., Williams, Thomas N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7294654/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32536341
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-020-01604-y