Li C K, Shing M M, Chik K W, Lee V, Yuen P M
Department of Pediatrics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2001 Apr-May;18(3):229-32. doi: 10.1080/08880010151114949.
Two thalassemia major patients received regular blood transfusion and desferrioxamine chelation, and 1 patient had a splenectomy at 9 years of age. Both patients developed Klebsiella pneumoniae meningitis at age of 27 and 15 years. They died within a short time despite appropriate antibiotic treatment. Klebsiella meningitis may be more common in transfusion-dependent thalassemia patients.
两名重型地中海贫血患者接受了定期输血和去铁胺螯合治疗，其中1例患者在9岁时进行了脾切除术。两名患者分别在27岁和15岁时发生了肺炎克雷伯菌脑膜炎。尽管给予了适当的抗生素治疗，他们仍在短时间内死亡。肺炎克雷伯菌脑膜炎在依赖输血的地中海贫血患者中可能更为常见。
