title: [Methemoglobinemia in acute diarrhea in infants].
abstract: 8 cases of methemoglobinemia are observed in infants of 28 days to 138 days of age, who have all acute diarrhea. They are divided in two groups. --4 infants who have eaten for a long time a rich nitrate and nitrite content carrot soup. --4 cases of severe diarrhea with probable endogenous nitrification due to microbial proliferation. The methemoglobinemia level is here not very high and represents more a witness that an alarming symptom. Those infants are compared with 10 infants who have diarrhea without methemoglobinemia. Symptoms and treatment of methemoglobinemia are revisited.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000150:complications; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007225:Infant Food / Q000009:adverse effects; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008708:Methemoglobinemia / Q000209:etiology*; D009566:Nitrates / Q000009:adverse effects; D009573:Nitrites / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D009566:Nitrates; D009573:Nitrites
vernacular_title: Les méthémoglobinémies au cours des diarrhées aiguës du nourrisson.