title: [Passive cocaine inhalation by a 25-month-old child].
abstract: Cocaine and its principal metabolite were isolated from the urine, confirmed by urine chromatographic analysis, in a 25-month-old girl who had unsteady gait and a third fever seizure. She was premature, had intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), and a psychomotor delay. The hair examination confirmed prolonged cocaine exposure. The concentration was significant and showed that she had been intoxicated for the 10 previous months. Passive cocaine inhalation may have caused and contributed to these symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Service des urgences pédiatriques, centre hospitalier universitaire Necker-Enfants-Malades, AP-HP, 149, rue de Sèvres, 75743 Paris cedex 15, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miramont
authors.forename: J-C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Alvarez
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bourgogne
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chéron
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003042:Cocaine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000032:analysis / Q000506:poisoning* / Q000652:urine; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000139:chemically induced; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006197:Hair / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D011596:Psychomotor Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced; D003294:Seizures, Febrile / Q000139:chemically induced*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: C068464:anhydroecgonine methyl ester; C005618:benzoylecgonine; D003042:Cocaine