Selective enhancement of urinary organic mercury excretion by D-penicillamine

Selective enhancement of urinary organic mercury excretion by D-penicillamine.

Ishihara, N., Shiojima, S., and Suzuki, T. (1974). British Journal of Industrial Medicine, 31, 245-249. Selective enhancement of urinary organic mercury excretion by D-penicillamine. This report deals with the study of a patient who was suspected of having mercury vapour poisoning and was treated with D-penicillamine. D-penicillamine by mouth enhanced the urinary excretion of organic but not in...

Different behaviour of inorganic and organic mercury in renal excretion with reference to effects of D-penicillamine.

Inorganic and organic mercury was measured in the red cells, plasma, and urine of five laboratory workers to examine the effect of D-penicillamine. The workers had had no particular exposure to mercurials. Before and during administration of D-penicillamine, inorganic mercury levels in plasma were significantly correlated with those in urine or 24-hour urinary outputs, but no significant correl...

Urinary mercury excretion in dental personnel.

Chronic inorganic mercury poisoning treated with N-acetyl-D-penicillamine.

Gledhill, R. F., and Hopkins, A. P. (1972). Brit. J. industr. Med., 29, 225-228. Chronic inorganic mercury poisoning treated with N-acetyl-D-penicillamine. The case history is presented of a man intoxicated by mercury during his employment as a filler of thermometers. The mean daily urinary excretion of mercury was 661 ,ug for five estimations before treatment. The mean excretion was 875 ,ug fo...

Urinary mercury excretion and proteinuria in pathology laboratory staff.

The use of mercuric chloride as an histological fixative was associated with high environmental atmospheric concentrations of mercury vapour (up to 0-5 nmol/l) as well as mercury compounds (total Hg to 1-0 nmol/l). Technicians exposed to this environment showed increased urinary mercury (median value 265 nmol/24h) and protein outputs (median value 117 mg protein/24h). Routine control measures, ...