A case of methemoglobinemia after ingestion of a chlorhexidine in alcohol solution in an alcohol-dependent patient

Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2016 Aug;54(7):604. doi: 10.1080/15563650.2016.1183778. Epub 2016 May 27.

Authors

Maybritt I Kuypers¹, Jeroen R van Lieshoud², Paul D van der Linden², Daan J Touw², Wendy Deenik³, Gesiena M Boeke⁴

Affiliations

¹ a Department of Emergency Medicine , Tergooi Hospital , Hilversum , The Netherlands ;
² b Department of Clinical Pharmacy , Tergooi Hospital , Hilversum , The Netherlands ;
³ c Department of Internal Medicine , Tergooi Hospital , Hilversum , The Netherlands ;
⁴ d Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology , University Medical Centre Groningen , Groningen , The Netherlands.

PMID: 27232424
DOI: 10.1080/15563650.2016.1183778

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Administration, Oral
Alcoholism / pathology
Chlorhexidine / toxicity*
Cyanosis / chemically induced
Cyanosis / drug therapy
Diazepam / therapeutic use
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Ethanol / chemistry
Female
Humans
Hypoxia / chemically induced
Hypoxia / drug therapy
Methemoglobinemia / chemically induced
Methemoglobinemia / drug therapy*
Middle Aged
Oxygen / therapeutic use
Thiamine / therapeutic use

Substances

Ethanol
Diazepam
Chlorhexidine
Oxygen
Thiamine