title: [Deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) intoxication in a 2-year-old child].
abstract: Plant intoxications account for 5% of all intoxication cases according to French anti-poison centers. We report an uncommon case of intoxication with deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) in a 2-year-old child. The child presented at the ER with an atropinic syndrome, both central and peripheral, after ingestion of wild berries a few hours before. The fruit and leaves brought in by the mother allowed the anti-poison center to identify belladonna, in agreement with clinical findings. The child was kept in the intensive care unit for 48 h and progression was favorable with symptomatic treatment.
authors.affiliation: Service des urgences pédiatriques, hôpital de la Mère et de l'Enfant, centre hospitalier universitaire, 8, avenue du Dr-Dominique-Larrey, 87000 Limoges, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Laffargue
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Oudot
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Constanty
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bedu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ketterer-Martinon
mesh_terms: D001532:Atropa belladonna / Q000506:poisoning*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans