Multiple choice

Patients with sickle cell anemia are prone to infections with

  1. staphylococcus

  2. streptococcus

  3. gonococcus

  4. pneumococcus
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Sickle cell anemia patients have functional asplenia due to autoinfarction, impairing their ability to clear encapsulated bacteria. Pneumococcus (Streptococcus pneumoniae) is the most common cause of severe infection in these patients, along with meningococcus and H. influenzae type B.

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