Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency and Haemoglobin Drop after Sulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine Use for Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria during Pregnancy in Ghana - A Cohort Study.

Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency and Haemoglobin Drop after Sulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine Use for Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria during Pregnancy in Ghana - A Cohort Study.

Sulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine (SP) is still the only recommended antimalarial for use in intermittent preventive treatment of malaria during pregnancy (IPTp) in some malaria endemic countries including Ghana. SP has the potential to cause acute haemolysis in G6PD deficient people resulting in significa...

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Main Authors: Ruth Owusu, Kwaku Poku Asante, Emmanuel Mahama, Elizabeth Awini, Thomas Anyorigiya, David Dosoo, Alberta Amu, Gabriel Jakpa, Emmanuel Ofei, Sylvester Segbaya, Abraham Rexford Oduro, Margaret Gyapong, Abraham Hodgson, Constance Bart-Plange, Seth Owusu-Agyei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4556530?pdf=render

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