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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1970;13(11):645-650. Published online November 30, 1970.

Methemoglobinemia associated with salmonellosis (A case report and Review of the literature)

Duk Hi Kim¹, Hyung- Sun Yoon¹, Pyung Kil Kim¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine Seoul, Korea

Abstract

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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