RT Journal
A1 BLOCH A, PORTER B
T1 PHenylazopyridine poisoning
JF American Journal of Diseases of Children
JO American Journal of Diseases of Children
YR 1969
FD March 1
VO 117
IS 3
SP 369
OP 369
DO 10.1001/archpedi.1969.02100030371024
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1969.02100030371024
AB To the Editor.—Publication of the article on "Phenylazopyridine Hydrochloride Poisoning" by Wander and Pascoe (Amer J Dis Child110:105-107 [July] 1965), enabled us to diagnose and treat an 18-month-old child with such poisoning. In view of the paucity of reports in the literature we should like to report the salient features of a patient seen by us.An 18-month-old female Jewish child of Moroccan origin was seen in the accident room at 6 pm, two hours after ingesting seven or eight 100 mg phenylazopyridine tablets, accessible because they had been prescribed for a urinary tract infection in a sibling. The child looked well, and was not vomiting, but during the next half hour there was progressive yellow tinging of the skin, passage of urine of a bright red color, and bluish-gray discoloration of the lips. Pulse rate was 100 beats per minute; there were no signs of respiratory