A Case of Pneumoscrotum Following Spontaneous Colonic Perforation and Mimicking Strangulated Inguinal Hernia

Published by: Tehran University of Medical Sciences (http://ijp.tums.ac.ir) respectively. The overall incidence of G6PD enzyme deficiency was 12.96%. Of the total neonates 660 neonates suspected to have sepsis were referred to neonatal intensive care units, but finally after exclusion of other causes such as metabolic disorders and hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, 110 patients (68 males and 42 females) were admitted and screened with impression of sepsis. The G6PD enzyme deficiency was proved in 15 (13.6%) of them. There was no statistically significant difference between male and female gender in this group (P=0.78). Table 1 shows the pre-valence of G6PD deficiency and sepsis among 150996 newborns in southern Iran. Few studies on the G6PD deficiency and increased chance of infection were so far carried out. Several reasons for this relationship are considered. Our study showed that G6PD deficiency does not increase the chance of neonatal septicemia. Because of different variety of G6PD deficiency in different populations more studies by larger study groups is recommended for evaluation of relationship between G6PD deficiency and bacterial infection and sepsis.