Fatal Primaquine-Induced Hemolysis in a Patient With Plasmodium vivax Malaria and G6PD A(-) Variant in the Brazilian Amazon

Clin Infect Dis. 2016 May 1;62(9):1188. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw039. Epub 2016 Jan 29.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Antimalarials / adverse effects*
  • Antimalarials / therapeutic use
  • Brazil
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Genetic Diseases, X-Linked / chemically induced*
  • Genetic Diseases, X-Linked / metabolism
  • Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency / chemically induced*
  • Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency / metabolism
  • Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase*
  • Humans
  • Malaria, Vivax / drug therapy*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Primaquine / adverse effects*
  • Primaquine / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Antimalarials
  • Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase
  • glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase A-
  • Primaquine

Supplementary concepts

  • Anemia, Nonspherocytic Hemolytic, Due To G6pd Deficiency