Epidemiological characteristics of de novo hepatitis B infection in liver transplant recipients-An experience from a tertiary care centre in Qatar.

Background: The emergence of hepatitis B surface antigen in a patient with previously negative hepatitis B virus (HBV) serology post-orthotropic liver transplant (OTLX) is known as de novo hepatitis B (DNHB). As there are no data on patients with DNHB available from Qatar, we aim to do a pioneer study indexing their clinical profile and epidemiology of patients with DNHB in Qatar.

Materials And Methods: This descriptive epidemiological study was done by retrospectively reviewing records of 159 post-OTLX patients.

A Case of COVID-19 in a Patient with Asymptomatic Hemoglobin D Thalassemia and Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency.

BACKGROUND Beta-hemoglobinopathies and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency are genetic disorders that cause hemolytic anemia when exposed to oxidative stress. Their co-existence is, however, not proven to enhance the severity of anemia. CASE REPORT We report the case of a young man with no known co-morbidities, who came with fever and cough and was diagnosed with COVID-19 pneumonia.