TY - JOUR
KW - Acute Kidney Injury
KW - Adult
KW - Clofazimine
KW - Dapsone
KW - Drug Hypersensitivity
KW - Drug Therapy, Combination
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Leprostatic Agents
KW - leprosy
KW - Rifampin
KW - Syndrome
AU - Alves-Rodrigues EN
AU - Ribeiro LC
AU - Silva MD
AU - Takiuchi A
AU - Fontes CJF
AB - <p>Dapsone syndrome is a rare hypersensitivity reaction to dapsone and is characterized by high fever, papular or exfoliative dermatitis, progressing to liver toxicity and generalized lymphadenopathy, resembling a mononucleosis infection. We report a patient who developed acute renal failure, as well as other complications characteristic of dapsone syndrome, during leprosy treatment. Renal involvement had not been previously described as a dapsone syndrome feature.</p>
BT - The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15947852?dopt=Abstract
CN - ALVESRODRIGUES 2005
DA - 2005 Feb
DO - 10.1590/s1413-86702005000100014
IS - 1
J2 - Braz J Infect Dis
LA - eng
N2 - <p>Dapsone syndrome is a rare hypersensitivity reaction to dapsone and is characterized by high fever, papular or exfoliative dermatitis, progressing to liver toxicity and generalized lymphadenopathy, resembling a mononucleosis infection. We report a patient who developed acute renal failure, as well as other complications characteristic of dapsone syndrome, during leprosy treatment. Renal involvement had not been previously described as a dapsone syndrome feature.</p>
PY - 2005
SP - 84
EP - 6
T2 - The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
TI - Dapsone syndrome with acute renal failure during leprosy treatment: case report.
VL - 9
SN - 1413-8670
ER -