title: [Acquired zinc deficiency in a breast-fed premature infant].
abstract: Symptomatic zinc deficiency can occur in exclusively breast-fed infants. We report a case in a preterm infant.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 3-months-old exclusively breast-fed premature infant presented with peri-orificial and acral eczematoid lesions. Laboratory investigations revealed lowered zinc levels in the infant's serum and in her mother's milk. A rapid healing occurred after oral zinc supplementation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Zinc deficiency in breast-fed infants is a rare disease caused by a low level of zinc in mother's milk. The clinical features resemble those of acrodermatitis enteropathica. Oral zinc supplementation is required until weaning.
authors.affiliation: Service de dermatologie, hôpital Edouard-Herriot, 5, place d'Arsonval, 69437 Lyon cedex 03, France.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Guillot
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Roth
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Causeret
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jullien
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Claris
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Faure
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Claudy
mesh_terms: D001942:Breast Feeding; D004485:Eczema / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000737:chemistry; D015032:Zinc / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood / Q000172:deficiency*
chemical_list: D015032:Zinc