Citation

Halsey NA, Frentz JM, Tucker TW, Sproles T, Redding J, Daum RS. Lancet 1983; 2(8349): 558-560.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1983, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

6136704

Abstract

Munchausen syndrome by proxy is a rare form of child abuse that can cause great diagnostic difficulties. We treated an 8-year-old boy who had recurrent polymicrobial sepsis over 6 years. An extensive evaluation to determine the infectious focus and to exclude immunodeficiency was carried out before it was determined that his mother had repeatedly introduced material containing faecal or vaginal bacterial flora into his intravenous lines.

Language: en