Haemolytic anaemia due to glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is the most common hereditary erythrocyte enzyme deficiency that can manifest with severe neonatal jaundice which can lead to serious neurological consequences, or, most often, with acute haemolytic anaemia following ingestion of certain foods (fava beans), common drugs (some antimalaria drugs, sulphamides, analgesics), or in the course of an infection, in otherwise asymptomatic individuals.