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]