Quinine sulphate and its d-stereoisomer quinidine are drugs that are extensively used
for diverse and common indications such as malaria or nocturnal leg cramps (quinine),
and in the treatment of arrhythmias (quinidine). Quinine sulphate is also a common
ingredient of many beverages. Thus, even adverse effects that are rare may be encountered
and should be well recognized, especially when they are potentially serious. Quinine
ingestion and quinine-dependent antibodies have been recently reported to be associated
with the hemolytic uremic syndrome in several patients (
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). We report a patient whose clinical presentation twice mimicked septic shock while
in fact it was due to a variant form of quinine toxicity, with partial hemolytic uremic
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Publication history
Published online: August 16, 2004
Accepted:
January 15,
1998
Received in revised form:
January 15,
1998
Received:
November 24,
1997
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© 1998 Excerpta Medica Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
