Mercuric Chloride Poisoning Treated with Dimercaprol

Mercuric chloride poisoning in a 23 month old child.

Eye injury with mercuric chloride.

With the advent of modern ophthalmic treatment the use of mercury preparations in ophthalmology has almost been relegated to past history, but mercurous chloride (calomel) is still occasionally used as an insufflation into the eyes, especially in such conditions as phlyctenular keratoconjunctivitis. Recently we saw a case wherein mercuric chloride (HgCl2) was mistaken for calomel and dusted int...

Case report: Severe mercuric sulphate poisoning treated with 2,3-dimercatopropane-1-sulphonate and haemodiafiltration

Case report: Severe mercuric sulphate poisoning treated with 2,3-dimercaptopropane-1-sulphonate and haemodiafiltration

INTRODUCTION Inorganic mercury poisoning is uncommon, but when it occurs it can result in severe, life-threatening features and acute renal failure. Previous reports on the use of extracorporeal procedures such as haemodialysis and haemoperfusion have shown no significant removal of mercury. We report here the successful use of the chelating agent 2,3-dimercaptopropane-1-sulphonate (DMPS), toge...

Growth of staphylococci on mercuric chloride agar.

Smith, P. B. (Communicable Disease Center, Atlanta, Ga.). Growth of staphylococci on mercuric chloride agar. J. Bacteriol. 84:1016-1019. 1962.-An attempt has been made to corroborate a report that "epidemic" strains of staphylococci are more resistant to mercuric salts than are "nonepidemic" strains. A comparison of mercury resistance with coagulase production and phage type or pattern of 493 s...