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b. Bacterial: Escherichia coli, Pneumococcus, Streptococcus, typhoid
fever, Mycoplasma
4. Drugs: antibiotics
5. Inflammatory and collagen vascular disease
6. Malignancy a
E. Microangiopathic anemia
1. Disseminated intravascular coagulation a
2. Hemolytic uremic syndrome a
3. Cavernous hemangioma
III. Blood loss
A. Severe trauma a
B. Anatomic lesions
1. Meckel diverticulum
2. Peptic ulcer
3. Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis a
a Conditions

that are known to present with acute, life-threatening anemia or are associated with other serious
abnormalities.
G6PD, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase.

TABLE 62.3
RELATIVELY COMMON CAUSES OF PALLOR OR ANEMIA
Decreased erythrocyte or hemoglobin production
Iron deficiency
Transient erythroblastopenia of childhood
Increased erythrocyte destruction
Sickle cell syndromes
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
G6PD deficiency
Blood loss

G6PD, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase.

Fanconi anemia is an autosomal recessive condition that results in progressive
bone marrow failure generally after 3 or 4 years of age. Fanconi anemia is
characterized by a normochromic or macrocytic anemia as well as concurrent
reductions in both white cell and platelet counts, in contradistinction to Diamond–