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See under XIVa: Methemoglobinemia

Publications

Tang ASO, Yeo ST, Teh YC, Kho WM, Chew LP, Muniandy P

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

Barclay JA, Ziemba SE, Ibrahim RB

Dapsone-induced methemoglobinemia: a primer for clinicians.

The Annals of pharmacotherapy 2011 Sep;45;1103-15 — 2011 Sep — 1103-15

Pallais JC, Mackool BT, Pitman MB

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

Ash-Bernal R, Wise R, Wright SM

Acquired methemoglobinemia: a retrospective series of 138 cases at 2 teaching hospitals.

Medicine 2004 Sep;83;265-73 — 2004 Sep — 265-73

Seaton RA, Nathwani D, Kirk J, France AJ

Blue and breathless.

Hospital medicine (London, England : 1998) 1999 Jul;60;530 — 1999 Jul — 530

Lee SW, Lee JY, Lee KJ, Kim M, Kim MJ

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