TY - JOUR KW - G6PD deficiency KW - Hansen's disease KW - Dapsone AU - Ghorui A AU - Patra P AB -

Although under-reported, hemolytic anemia is common with dapsone-containing regimen in leprosy. It is prudent to screen for underlying G6PD deficiency in boys before administering dapsone to prevent potentially life-threatening episode of intravascular hemolysis in children with leprosy.

BT - Clinical case reports C1 -

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35498357

DA - 04/2022 DO - 10.1002/ccr3.5700 IS - 4 J2 - Clin Case Rep LA - eng N2 -

Although under-reported, hemolytic anemia is common with dapsone-containing regimen in leprosy. It is prudent to screen for underlying G6PD deficiency in boys before administering dapsone to prevent potentially life-threatening episode of intravascular hemolysis in children with leprosy.

PY - 2022 EP - e05700 T2 - Clinical case reports TI - Dapsone induced hemolysis in a patient with Hansen's disease and G6PD deficiency: A preventable peril. UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9043721/pdf/CCR3-10-e05700.pdf VL - 10 SN - 2050-0904 ER -