The records of 3334 registered G6PD-deficient patients between 1 January 2017, and 31 December 2021, were reviewed; 2512 patients were excluded because they were <18 years when they had a laboratory-documented bacterial infection during the study period, while 620 other adult patients were excluded as they did not have any microbiological cultures or hospitalization details. Here, G6PD is linked to bacterial infectious disease.