pharmaceutical agents associated with G6PD deficiency hemolytic anemia
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Etiology
Antibiotics (Antimicrobial agents)
- chloroquine
- primaquine
- pyrimethamine
- quinacrine
- dapsone
- pamaquine
Metals
- dapsone
- solapsone
Others
- dimercaprol
- methylene blue
- nalidixic acid
- phenazopyridine
- probenecid
- quinine
- vitamin K (water soluble form)
- doxorubicin
- niridazole
* sufamethoxazole & trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole rarely causes hemolysis in patients with G6PD deficiency[3].
More general terms
Additional terms
- glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase [G6PD] deficiency; chronic non-spherocytic hemolytic anemia (CNSHA)
- hemolytic anemia
References
- ↑ Clinical Guide to Laboratory Tests, 3rd ed. Teitz ed., W.B. Saunders, 1995
- ↑ Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 14th ed. Fauci et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1998, pg 664
- ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 Markowitz et al Use of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole in a glucose-6-phosphate- deficient population Rev Infect Dis 9 suppl 2 S218-29, 1987 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3495027
- ↑ <Internet> http://www.g6pd.org/favism/english/index.mvc?pgid-safe