Fatal 1918 pneumonia case complicated by erythrocyte sickling

Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Dec;16(12):2000-1. doi: 10.3201/eid1612.101376.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Alleles
  • Erythrocytes / pathology
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Hemoglobin, Sickle / genetics
  • Heterozygote
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Military Personnel*
  • Mutation
  • Pneumococcal Infections / complications*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Sickle Cell Trait / complications*
  • Sickle Cell Trait / diagnosis
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae*
  • beta-Globins / genetics

Substances

  • Hemoglobin, Sickle
  • beta-Globins