Acute dapsone poisoning in a 3-year-old child: Case report with review of literature

Table 1 Laboratory investigations

Investigations	1 d after admission	5 d after admission
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	10.5	9.7
Platelet count/μL	250000	210000
Total WBC count/μL	10760	14094
Differential leucocyte count (%): Neutrophils; Lymphocytes; Eosinophils; Monocytes; Basophils	65;	48;
	26; 3.3; 2.5; 2	43; 5; 2; 2
Serum Na+ (mmol/L); K+ (mmol/L)	137; 4.3	138; 4.1
Bicarbonate (mmol/L)	17	23
Serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (U/L)	150	162
Blood gas analysis pH; pCO2 (mmHg); pO2 (mmHg); hematocrit (%) and SpO2 (%)	7.37; 16; 84;	7.41; 22; 88;
	29; 91.6	29; 96.6
Methaemoglobin (%)	19.4	10.2