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See under XIVa: Methemoglobinemia
Publications
The mystery of 'saturation gap': a case of dapsone-induced methaemoglobinemia in a pregnant mother with leprosy.
Oxford medical case reports 2019 Jan;2019;omy111 — 2019 Jan — omy111
Dapsone-induced methemoglobinemia: a primer for clinicians.
The Annals of pharmacotherapy 2011 Sep;45;1103-15 — 2011 Sep — 1103-15
Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital: Case 7-2011: a 52-year-old man with upper respiratory symptoms and low oxygen saturation levels.
The New England journal of medicine 2011 Mar 10;364;957-66 — 2011 Mar 10 — 957-66
Acquired methemoglobinemia: a retrospective series of 138 cases at 2 teaching hospitals.
Medicine 2004 Sep;83;265-73 — 2004 Sep — 265-73
Blue and breathless.
Hospital medicine (London, England : 1998) 1999 Jul;60;530 — 1999 Jul — 530
A case of methemoglobinemia after ingestion of an aphrodisiac, later proven as dapsone.
Yonsei medical journal 1999 Aug;40;388-91 — 1999 Aug — 388-91
Safrin S, Finkelstein DM, Feinberg J, Frame P, Simpson G, Wu A, Cheung T, Soeiro R, Hojczyk P, Black JR
Comparison of three regimens for treatment of mild to moderate Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in patients with AIDS. A double-blind, randomized, trial of oral trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, dapsone-trimethoprim, and clindamycin-primaquine. ACTG 108 Study
Annals of internal medicine 1996 May 01;124;792-802 — 1996 May 01 — 792-802