Vol. 10 (06) pp. 138-141 DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/14866

DAPSONE HYPERSENSITIVITY SYNDROME - A CASE REPORT AT TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

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  • Department of Pharmacology, Siddhartha Medical College, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh.
  • Deparment of Dermatology, Siddhartha Medical College, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh.
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Abstract

Dapsone a sulfonamide drug used mainly in the treatment of Leprosy and various other several bacterial infections. Rarely Dapsone can lead to hypersensitive reaction characterised by fever, yellowish sclera and other systems involved. We report a 17 year old patient presented with fever, jaundice and generalised edema with a history of borderline tuberculoid leprosy receiving Dapsone, clofizamine and Rifampicin. After confirming Dapsone Hypersensitivity Syndrome, Dapsone is stopped and treated with corticosteroids, antibiotics, Glutathione and patient recovered gradually.

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Sailajapriyadarsini Parlapalli, Sekhar Babu Bandar and Upendra Kumar Mudragadda (2022); DAPSONE HYPERSENSITIVITY SYNDROME - A CASE REPORT AT TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL, International Journal of Advanced Research (IJAR), 10 (06), 138-141, ISSN 2320-5407. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/14866

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Sailajapriyadarsini Parlapalli
Siddhartha Medical College, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh
India

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