PEDIATRICS Vol. 38 No. 2 August 1966, pp. 291-293
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Relationship Between Erythrocyte Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase and the Hemolytic Anemia of Infection

SENIH FIKRIG M.D.1, THERESA CHUN M.D.1, and JANET WATSON M.D.1

1 Department of Pediatrics, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, and Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, New York 11203

A correlation between hemolytic anemia due to infection and red-cell G-6-PD enzyme deficiency was investigated in 36 patients with severe infections (mainly meningitis). No such correlation was demonstrated in this particular group.