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C K Li1, M M Shing, K W Chik, V Lee, P M Yuen.
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Two thalassemia major patients received regular blood transfusion and desferrioxamine chelation, and 1 patient had a splenectomy at 9 years of age. Both patients developed Klebsiella pneumoniae meningitis at age of 27 and 15 years. They died within a short time despite appropriate antibiotic treatment. Klebsiella meningitis may be more common in transfusion-dependent thalassemia patients.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID： 11293293 DOI： 10.1080/08880010151114949
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pediatr Hematol Oncol ISSN： 0888-0018 Impact factor: 1.969