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A Case of Dapsone-Induced Severe Agranulocytosis Causing Life-Threatening Skin Sepsis in a Sri Lankan Child with Borderline Leprosy: A Success Story!

Leprosy is a common skin disease in Sri Lanka which is being increasingly diagnosed due to the existing successful public health programme. Dapsone is a drug which holds unique pharmacological properties where it serves as both anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial agents. Of its main adverse effects,...

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Autores principales:	Fernando, Meranthi, Kankananarachchi, Imalke, Navabalasooriyar, Pratheep, Herath, Bhagya, Punchihewa, Pushpa
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Hindawi 2019
Materias:	Case Report
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526580/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31198424 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/2314379

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