Journal of Marine Medical Society, 2016 Introduction: Dapsone syndrome is a distinct hypersensitivity reaction characterized by skin rash, fever, generalized lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly and hepatitis which subside with cessation of dapsone therapy.
J Sridhar
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Dapsone induced cholangitis as a part of dapsone syndrome: a case report [PDF]
BMC Gastroenterology, 2003 Background Dapsone can rarely cause a hypersensitivity reaction called dapsone syndrome, consisting of fever, hepatitis, exfoliative dermatitis, lymphadenopathy and hemolytic anemia.
Choudhuri Gourdas +3 more
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Dapsone – mechanism of action, safety of use and the role in the treatment of bullous pemphigoid according to current recommendations [PDF]
Przegląd Dermatologiczny, 2016 Dapsone has been used in the treatment of bullous pemphigoid (BP) for over 50 years. According to the 2015 European Recommendations, the treatment of choice in BP are potent topical corticosteroids. In this article, we present data from the literature on
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Methemoglobinemia and dapsone levels in patients with leprosy [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2010 The objective of this work was to determine the methemoglobinemia and correlate with dapsone levels in multibacillary leprosy patients under leprosy multi-drug therapy. Thirty patients with laboratory and clinical diagnosis of multibacillary leprosy were
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Adverse reactions in leprosy patients who underwent dapsone multidrug therapy: a retrospective study [PDF]
Clinical Pharmacology: Advances and Applications, 2017 Sanjeev Guragain,1 Namrata Upadhayay,2 Bishwa Mohan Bhattarai3 1Department of Pharmacology, Gandaki Medical College Teaching Hospital and Research Centre, Lekhnath, 2Department of Physiology, Gandaki Medical College Teaching Hospital and Research ...
Guragain S, Upadhayay N, Bhattarai BM
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An unusual case of dapsone syndrome [PDF]
Indian Dermatology Online Journal, 2011 Dapsone, a potent antiparasitic and anti-inflammatory compound, is mainly used in the treatment of leprosy and a variety of blistering skin diseases.
Mary Grace
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Development and characterization of a new oral dapsone nanoemulsion system: permeability and in silico bioavailability studies [PDF]
International Journal of Nanomedicine, 2012 Lidiane M Monteiro,1 Viviane F Lione,1 Flavia A do Carmo,1 Lilian H do Amaral,1 Julianna H da Silva,2 Luiz E Nasciutti,2 Carlos R Rodrigues,1 Helena C Castro,3 Valeria P de Sousa,1 Lucio M Cabral11Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal do
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Dapsone-induced methemoglobinemia and hemolysis in a woman without G6PD deficiency presenting with idiopathic urticaria [PDF]
, 2022 The appearance of bite cells associated with methemoglobinemia can be caused by oxidizing drugs such as dapsone in patients with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency or high drug serum levels. Bite cells are often pathognomonic for oxidant
Gandelman, Jocelyn S +15 more
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Optical coherence tomographic evaluation of macular infarction following dapsone overdose [PDF]
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2006 A 16-year-old girl had decrease in vision following dapsone overdose. This case demonstrated optical coherence tomography (OCT) evaluation of macular infarction following dapsone poisoning.
Hussain Nazimul, Agrawal Saurabh
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AASLD practice guidance on drug, herbal, and dietary supplement–induced liver injury
, 2022 Hepatology, EarlyView.
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