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2021


Pan Afr Med J


38

[Osteoarticular infections in patients with sickle cell disease in Lubumbashi: epidemiological study focusing on etiology and management].

Authors

Banza M I, Kapessa N D, Mukakala A K, Ngoie C N, N Dwala Y T B, Cabala V D P K, Kasanga T K, Unen E W
Pan Afr Med J. 2021; 38:77.
PMID: 33889243.

Abstract

infections are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with sickle cell disease, especially before age 5 years. The purpose of this study was to highlight the epidemiological features, etiologies and management of osteoarticular infections in patients with sickle cell disease in Lubumbashi.