Authors

BL Harikrishnan¹, Ashwin K Hari¹, P Baburaj¹.
¹Department of General Medicine, Jubilee Mission Medical College, Thrissur, Kerala.

Abstract

Background: Incidence of drug induced hemolysis is 12 to 18% of hemolytic anemia. Immune mediated and non immune mediated mechanisms are postulated for drug induced hemolytic anemia. Case Presentation: We report a case of penicillin G induced hemolysis in a patient with RHD MS/MR who was on penicillin prophylaxis, who presented with anemia and jaundice.

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