[DMSP treatment in acute sublimate (mercury chloride) poisoning].

A 19-year-old girl was treated for a heavy mercury chloride intoxication (3 g HgCl2) with 2,3-dimercaptopropane-1-sulfonate (DMSP) and dialyses. The anuric stage lasted for 10 days. With DMSP the mercury clearance by hemodialysis was 3,5-5,0 ml/min, with BAL 0,6 ml/min. DMSP is an effective watersoluble mercury-chelator and is subjectively better tolerated and less toxic than BAL. The anuric stage was probably not shortened.