Dapsone syndrome with acute renal failure during leprosy treatment: Case report

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 84-86

  Alves Rodrigues, Edson Nogueira ^a   Ribeiro, Luciano Correa ^a   Silva, Margareth Dióz ^a   Takiuchi, Arley ^a   Fontes, Cor Jesus Fernandes ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO JÚLIO MÜLLER   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute renal failure; Dapsone syndrome; Leprosy

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CLOFAZIMINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DAPSONE; ISONIAZID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OXACILLIN; PREDNISONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; LEPROSTATIC AGENT;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DAPSONE SYNDROME; DIZZINESS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FACE EDEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEMATURIA; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LEPROSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OLIGURIA; PRURITUS; RASH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SKIN BIOPSY; TUBERCULOSIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG COMBINATION; SYNDROME;

ADULT; CLOFAZIMINE; DAPSONE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; LEPROSTATIC AGENTS; LEPROSY; RIFAMPIN; SYNDROME;

EID: 26044439306     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: 14138670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-86702005000100014     Document Type: Article

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