Background: Minerals, metals, clays and rocks were widely used by physicians in the past.
However, it was and it is well known that some inorganic elements at high dosage may have …

The effects of bismuth toxicity on the kidney—the main organ responsible for blood filtration—
were systematically reviewed. This review was motivated by availability of several sources of …

Bismuth compounds are considered relatively non-toxic, with their low solubility in aqueous
solutions (eg, biological fluids) being the major contributing factor to this property. Bismuth …

Bismuth salts are widely used to treat peptic ulcers. Acute toxicity with colloidal bismuth
subcitrate overdose causes nephrotoxicity. There have been numerous reports of …

Colloidal bismuth subcitrate (CBS), a drug for treatment of peptic ulcers, has been reported
in the literature to be nephrotoxic in humans when taken in high overdoses. To investigate …

Although toxicity due to acute and chronic use of bismuth salts is well known, nephrotoxicity
after ingestion of colloidal bismuth has been reported in few cases so far. Here we report the …

The nephrotoxicity of single high doses of bismuth (Bi)-containing therapeutic drugs is
characterized morphologically by detachment of proximal tubular epithelial cells (PTECs) …

Overdosing of colloidal bismuth subcitrate (CBS), used to treat peptic ulcers and
Helicobacter pylori infections, has been reported to result in serious, though reversible …

Bismuth induced nephrotoxicity has been reported to occur after acute overdoses of Bi-
containing therapeutic drugs. We studied the development of bismuth induced nephropathy …

A 22-year-old woman ingested 5.4 g of colloidal bismuth subcitrate (CBS) in a suicide
attempt. After ingestion, she presented with Fanconi [apos] s syndrome and acute renal …