Despite glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency prevalence of 5% in the Amazon, primaquine is administered without G6PD screening. This is an important cause of hospitalization among Plasmodium vivax-infected individuals, leading to life-threatening anemia and acute renal failure across endemic areas. In Manaus, the frequency of primaquine-induced hemolysis was 85.2 cases per 100 000 primaquine users.
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【저자키워드】 Elimination, G6PD deficiency, acute renal failure, primaquine, severe anemia.,
【저자키워드】 Elimination, G6PD deficiency, acute renal failure, primaquine, severe anemia.,