TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Mercury poisoning at a home day care center - Hillsborough County, Florida, 2015
JO  - MMWR: Morbidity and mortality weekly report
A1  - Tewell, Mackenzie
A1  - Spoto, Samantha
A1  - Wiese, Michael
A1  - Aleguas, Alfred
A1  - Peredy, Tamas
SP  - 433
EP  - 435
VL  - 66
IS  - 17
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0149-2195
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6617a1
ID  - ref1
ER  -