title: Red/orange person syndrome.
abstract: We present a case of a patient whose skin turned orange overnight. The patient had tried to commit suicide by taking approximately forty 300 mg rifampicin capsules. Her case served as a stimulus for us to review the literature. Photographs taken during the initial work-up recorded the changes; her normal skin color returned within twenty-four hours, although her urine and tears remained orange for several days.
authors.affiliation: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Gross
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Dellinger
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003116:Color; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012293:Rifampin / Q000506:poisoning*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted
chemical_list: D012293:Rifampin