This rare case of dapsone hypersensitivity syndrome in a girl on daposne who presented with fever, anaemia, jaundice, skin rash, lymphadenopathy, and
This syndrome is characterised by high fever, maculopapular rashes, hepatitis, lymphadenopathy and lymphocytosis
As maloprim is widely used
Pereira CM, Vaz M, Kotha S
We report this rare case of dapsone hypersensitivity syndrome in a girl on dapsone who presented with fever, anaemia, jaundice, skin rash
It may cause a severe adverse drug reaction with multiorgan involvement known as dapsone hypersensitivity syndrome
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This is the first case of dapsone-related hypersensitivity myocarditis not diagnosed in a post-mortem setting and clinicians need to be aware of this unusual but
Dapsone (4, 4 diaminodiphenyl sulphone) induced hypersensitivity is known to occur in about 2% of leprosy patients on treatment and an incidence of 1
Dapsone is also applied in a range of medical fields because of its anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects
A review of DRESS-associated myocarditis
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Dapsone hypersensitivity syndrome
Dapsone therapy rarely results in development of dapsone hypersensitivity syndrome, which is characterized by fever, hepatitis
Dapsone is not uncommonly associated more severe side effects including peripheral neuropathy, acute psychosis, nephrotic syndrome, acute liver injury
Case presentation: A 16-year-old patient presented with acute chest pain