Two days after receiving the antimalarial drug primaquine, a 27-yearold black man develops sudden intravascular hemolysis resulting in a decreased hematocrit, hemoglobinemia, and hemoglobinuria. Examination of the peripheral blood film is given. The most likely diagnosis is
Two days after receiving the antimalarial drug primaquine, a 27-yearold black man develops sudden intravascular hemolysis resulting in a decreased hematocrit, hemoglobinemia, and hemoglobinuria. Examination of the peripheral blood film is given. The most likely diagnosis is
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Two days after receiving the antimalarial drug primaquine, a 27-yearold black man develops sudden intravascular hemolysis resulting in a decreased hematocrit, hemoglobinemia, and hemoglobinuria. Examination of the peripheral blood film is given. The most likely diagnosis is
β Correct Answer: B. Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency
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