Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia after treatment of maternal leprosy

South Med J. 1989 May;82(5):668. doi: 10.1097/00007611-198905000-00037.

Abstract

Leprosy occurs rarely in women of reproductive age. Until this report, the treatment of leprosy with dapsone has not been associated with any adverse fetal or neonatal side effects. We have reported what we believe to be the first case of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia after maternal dapsone therapy for leprosy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Dapsone / adverse effects*
  • Dapsone / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Jaundice, Neonatal / chemically induced*
  • Leprosy, Tuberculoid / drug therapy*
  • Male
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Dapsone