Beta-thalassemia

Beta-thalassemia (BT) is characterized by deficiency (Beta+) or absence (Beta0) of synthesis of the beta globin chains of hemoglobin (Hb).

Pneumonia

Inflammation of any part of the lung parenchyma.


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PMID (PMCID)
10482027
 FEMALE Adult
Campylobacter bacteremia and pneumonia in two splenectomized patients.
Sakran W, Raz R, Levi Y, Colodner R, Koren A.
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 1999;18(7):496-8.
Two patients with beta thalassemia who had undergone splenectomy for hypersplenism were admitted to the hospital with high fever and lobar pneumonia.
7699536
 MIXED_SAMPLE Child
Life-threatening infection in two children with hemoglobin S-beta-thalassemia.
Lynch A, Tobias JD.
J Pediatr. 1995;126(4):581-2.
Life-threatening infections with Streptococcus pneumoniae and parvovirus occurred in two patients with hemoglobin S-beta-thalassemia.