Sickle Cell Disease Complicated by Iron Overload: An Under-Recognized Risk Factor for Vibrio vulnificus Infection

Acta Haematol. 2018;139(3):199-200. doi: 10.1159/000488754. Epub 2018 May 7.

Authors

Firas El Chaer^{1

2}, Noa G Holtzman^{1

2}, Maria R Baer^{1

2}, Ann B Zimrin^{1

2}, Jennie Y Law^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ University of Maryland Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
² Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

PMID: 29734168
DOI: 10.1159/000488754

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Anemia, Sickle Cell / complications*
Anemia, Sickle Cell / diagnosis*
Anemia, Sickle Cell / therapy
Biomarkers
Blood Transfusion
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Iron Overload / diagnosis
Iron Overload / etiology*
Male
Risk Factors
Vibrio Infections / diagnosis*
Vibrio Infections / etiology*
Vibrio*

Substances

Biomarkers

Supplementary concepts

Vibrio vulnificus infection