Food allergy presenting as a "septic"-appearing infant

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 677-679

  Andrews, Timothy ^a   Tsarouhas, Nicholas ^a   Spergel, Jonathan ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Food allergy; Food Protein Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome (FPIES); Sepsis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID MIXTURE; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; PROTEIN HYDROLYSATE; SOYBEAN PROTEIN;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENTEROCOLITIS; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD PROTEIN INDUCED ENTEROCOLITIS SYNDROME; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; LETHARGY; MALE; MILK; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SYMPTOM; SYNDROME; VOMITING;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; MALE; SEPSIS; SOYBEAN PROTEINS;

EID: 6044239354     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000142953.11630.58     Document Type: Article

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