Review Article
Sickle Cell Disease: New Opportunities and Challenges in Africa
Table 1
Clinical syndromes and common causative organisms reported in SCD.
| Syndrome | Organisms | Reference |
| Septicaemia | S. pneumoniae, H. influenza, Salmonella spp, E. Coli, S. Aureus, and M. Pneumoniae | [28, 29, 50] | Pneumonia | S. pneumoniae, M. Pneumoniae, Chlamydiae pneumonia | | Meningitis | S. pneumoniae | | Osteomyelitis | Salmonella spp., E. Coli, Gram negative organisms, and S. Aureus | [37, 51, 52] | Aplastic anaemia | Parvovirus | [21, 38, 39] | AIDS and Hepatitis | HIV Viral hepatitis B,C | [32, 33, 53] | Abdominal pain | Helicobacter pylori, Yersinia enterocolitica | [36] |
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