Mercury Poisoning at a Home Day Care Center - Hillsborough County, Florida, 2015.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
; 66(17): 433-435, 2017 May 05.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-28472024
ABSTRACT
On November 12, 2015, the Florida Poison Information Center Tampa notified the Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County of a boy aged 3 years with a urine mercury level of 79 µg/L (normal <10 µg/L). The patient had been admitted to the hospital on October 9, 2015 after a 3-4 week history of anorexia, weight loss, and lethargy. In the hospital, he developed a maculopapular rash, acrodynia (painful, pink discoloration of the hands and feet), tachycardia, hypertension, weakness, sweating, excessive salivation, and altered mental status. Subsequent investigation identified the source of the mercury exposure to be a broken sphygmomanometer (blood pressure monitor) at the home day care center attended by the child.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Creches
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Mercúrio
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Intoxicação por Mercúrio
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Child, preschool
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2017
Tipo de documento:
Article