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<Articles JournalTitle="Case Reports in Clinical Practice">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Case Reports in Clinical Practice</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2538-2683</Issn>
      <Volume>6</Volume>
      <Issue>4</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2021</Year>
        <Month>11</Month>
        <Day>27</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Acute Hemolytic Anemia Induced by Levofloxacin in a Woman With G6PD Deficiency: A Case Report</title>
    <FirstPage>145</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>149</LastPage>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Ebrahim</FirstName>
        <LastName>Salehifar</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Research Center, School of Pharmacy, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Masoud</FirstName>
        <LastName>Aliyali</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Associate Professor of Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>aliyeh</FirstName>
        <LastName>bazi</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Research Center, School of Pharmacy, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2020</Year>
        <Month>08</Month>
        <Day>30</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2020</Year>
        <Month>11</Month>
        <Day>08</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Introduction: Glucose 6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase deficiency (G6PD) is an X-linked recessive disorder recognized as the most prevalent enzyme deficiency around the world. G6PD deficiency has a high prevalence in Iran, especially in the northern regions. As we know, hemolysis in G6PD patients was not reported with levofloxacin previously.&#xA0;
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Case Report: In this report, we introduce a 54-year-old G6PD deficient woman who experienced the symptoms of hemolytic anemia following completion of treatment with levofloxacin.
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Result: After ruling out other causes of hemolysis, by using the Naranjo scale, levofloxacin was considered as a possible cause of hemolysis.
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Conclusion: Though the hemolytic anemia induced by levofloxacin is extremely rare in G6PD deficient patients, drug-induced hemolytic anemia should be considered as one of the differential diagnoses. It would be appropriate to use an alternative antibiotic instead of levofloxacin in a G6PD deficient patient.
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&#xA0;</abstract>
    <web_url>https://crcp.tums.ac.ir/index.php/crcp/article/view/402</web_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
