Clinical presentations and outcomes of COVID-19 infection in sickle cell disease patients: Case series from Komfo Anokye teaching hospital, Ghana

Yasmine O Hardy; Divine A Y Amenuke; Yakubu Abukari; Alexander Oti-Acheampong; Kojo Hutton-Mensah; James Amoah-Dankwah; Samuel Amoabeng Kontoh; Kwabena Asimeng Danso; Patrick Opoku Berchie; Caleb Otu-Ansah

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3719

Clinical presentations and outcomes of COVID-19 infection in sickle cell disease patients: Case series from Komfo Anokye teaching hospital, Ghana

Clin Case Rep. 2020 Dec 31;9(2):1018-1023. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3719. eCollection 2021 Feb.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital/School of Medical Sciences Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology Kumasi Ghana.
² Department of Medicine Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Kumasi Ghana.
³ Department of Dentistry Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital/Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Kumasi Ghana.
⁴ Department of Medicine Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital/College of Health Sciences Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology Kumasi Ghana.
⁵ Department of Emergency Medicine Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Kumasi Ghana.
⁶ Department of Psychiatry Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Kumasi Ghana.

Abstract

Patients with sickle cell disease and COVID-19 may not have a more dire outcome than the general population. Nevertheless, they may present with acute chest syndrome and other sickle cell crises which should be aggressively managed.

Keywords: COVID–19; Ghana; SARS CoV‐2; acute chest syndrome; sickle cell disease.

Publication types

Case Reports