TY  - JOUR
T1  - PHenylazopyridine poisoning
AU  - BLOCH A, PORTER B
Y1  - 1969/03/01
N1  - 10.1001/archpedi.1969.02100030371024
JO  - American Journal of Diseases of Children
SP  - 369
EP  - 369
VL  - 117
IS  - 3
N2  - 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
SN  - 0002-922X
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archpedi.1969.02100030371024
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1969.02100030371024
ER  -