| Methemoglobinemia associated with salmonellosis (A case report and Review of the literature)
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Duk Hi Kim, Hyung- Sun Yoon, Pyung Kil Kim |
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Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine Seoul, Korea |
| Salmonellosis 에 隨伴된 Methemoglobinemia 의 1 例 |
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金德照, 尹事善, 金街吉 |
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延世大學校 醫科大學 小兒科學敎室 |
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| Abstract |
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We experienced a patient of acquired methemoglobinemia arising from a 13 years old girl. The patient was suffered from high fever for seven days and generalized cyanosis for one day. This cyanosis proved to be due to abnormal high level of methemoglobin (3. 83 gm%) which was measured by Evelyn Malloy’s technique. The cause of high fever was salmonellosis, which was confirmed by blood culture. Therfore, methemoglobinemia was thought to be because of salmonellosis. It was responded to intravenous methylene blue, ascorbicacid and chloramphenicol.
Among the etiology of acquired methemoglobinemia, salmonellosis was very rare. Brief review of the literature and a case of methemoglobinemia associated with salmonellosis was presented.
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