Hepatitis A and cytomegalovirus infection precipitating acute hemolysis in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency

Abstract

A 34-year-old man presented with acute hemolytic anemia secondary to acute vital 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.