Conclusion: Attention to G6PD status is required for safe prescription of tafenoquine.
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The effect of G6PD deficiency on risk of pneumococcal disease is undefined.
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A commercial kit was used for the quantitative measurement of G6PD activity.
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Quantitative diagnostic tests for G6PD deficiency are complex and require sophisticated laboratories.
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Conclusion: Access to POC testing for G6PD deficiency in Ghana was poor.
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The effect of G6PDdeficiency on risk of pneumococcal disease is undefined.
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Quantitative diagnostic tests for G6PDdeficiency are complex and require sophisticated laboratories.
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Conclusion: Access to POC testing for G6PDdeficiency in Ghana was poor.
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Erythrocyte G6PDdeficiency is the most common worldwide enzymopathy.
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Testing for G6PDdeficiency is mandatory before tafenoquine prescription.
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Half of the patients co-inherited a-thalassaemia and about one-third had glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency.
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Some disorders such as hemoglobinopathy, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, autosomal recessive syndromes, and several metabolic disorders have a presence throughout the Middle East.
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Susceptibility to annexin binding is enhanced in several genetic disorders affecting erythrocyte function, such as thalassaemia, sickle-cell disease and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency.
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Red-cell membranes from patients with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency were studied with polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and gel filtration chromatography in sodium dodecyl sulfate.