G6PD and infection: In a G6PD-deficient subject, haemolysis may occur as a result of ingestion of various drugs, infection and, more specifically, among diabetic subjects as a result of hypoglycaemia[2], blood glucose normalisation [3], ketoacidosis in the African[4,5] but not Mediterranean variant [6], and following administration of metformin [7] or glibenclamide [8].