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Emerg Infect Dis
. 2020 Jun 24;26(9).
doi: 10.3201/eid2609.202353. Online ahead of print.
Methemoglobinemia in Patient With G6PD Deficiency and SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Kieran Palmer, Jonathan Dick, Winifred French, Lajos Floro, Martin Ford
Abstract
We report a case of intravascular hemolysis and methemoglobinemia, precipitated by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection, in a patient with undiagnosed glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency. Clinicians should be aware of this complication of coronavirus disease as a cause of error in pulse oximetry and a potential risk for drug-induced hemolysis.
Keywords: COVID-19; G6PD; SARS CoV-2; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; deficiency; glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase; hemolytic anemia; methemoglobinemia; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2020 Jun 24;26(9).
doi: 10.3201/eid2609.202353. Online ahead of print.
Methemoglobinemia in Patient With G6PD Deficiency and SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Kieran Palmer, Jonathan Dick, Winifred French, Lajos Floro, Martin Ford
- PMID: 32579876
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2609.202353
Abstract
We report a case of intravascular hemolysis and methemoglobinemia, precipitated by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection, in a patient with undiagnosed glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency. Clinicians should be aware of this complication of coronavirus disease as a cause of error in pulse oximetry and a potential risk for drug-induced hemolysis.
Keywords: COVID-19; G6PD; SARS CoV-2; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; deficiency; glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase; hemolytic anemia; methemoglobinemia; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.