Background: Sickle cell disease is one of the most common monogenic diseases in the
world, affecting approximately 70 million people, 80% in sub-Saharan Africa and 1 in 10 in …

Bacteraemia is a leading cause of morbidity in sickle cell anaemia (SCA), but information
from studies in Africa is limited. We evaluated 890 admissions from 648 SCA patients at a …

Background: Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) patients are predisposed to several SCD related
complications such as vasocclusive crisis, asplenia, haemolytic crisis and bacterial infection …

Aim and Objectives The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of
bacteremia, etiological agents and antibiotic susceptibility pattern in febrile children with …

Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted at the University of Maiduguri Teaching
Hospital, North-Eastern Nigeria, from October 2020 to May 2021. All febrile and/or acutely ill …

Background The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of invasive bacterial
infections and their antimicrobial resistance patterns in sickle cell disease (SCD) patients …

Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in African
children. Infection has been found to be a major cause of hospitalisation, a major precipitant …

Method A total of 225 venous blood samples from suspected sickle cell anaemic children
attending three selected hospitals within Kano metropolis were collected and screened for …

Purpose: Infection a factor triggering sickle cell crises, a frequent cause of hospitalization as
well as a factor of poor prognosis in sickle cell patients. The objective is to contribute to …

Background Children with sickle cell anemia have an increased risk for bacterial infections.
Studies done in other parts of Sub-Saharan Africa have established the prevalence and …