Methemoglobinemia in Patient with G6PD Deficiency and SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Methemoglobinemia in Patient with G6PD Deficiency and SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Kieran Palmer, Jonathan Dick, Winifred French, Lajos Floro, Martin Ford

We report a case of intravascular hemolysis and methemoglobinemia, precipitated by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection, in a patient with undiagnosed glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency. Clinicians should be aware of this complication of coronavirus disease as a cause of error in pulse oximetry and a potential risk for drug-induced hemolysis.

2020

coronavirus, Viruses, SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, Hemolytic Anemia, methemoglobinemia

10.3201/eid2609.202353

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Medicine, Infectious and parasitic diseases