Citation

Goldfarb J, Lawry KW, Steffen R, Sabella C. Clin. Pediatr. 1998; 37(3): 179-185.

Affiliation

Division of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital, Ohio, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9545606

Abstract

Munchausen syndrome by proxy is a form of abuse, usually of a child by a parent, in which a factitious illness is reported or produced in the child, resulting in unnecessary medical evaluations and treatments. A dramatic case of a 17-month-old infant with recurrent polymicrobial bacteremia prompted a review of cases diagnosed by the Pediatric Infectious Diseases consultation service at our referral children's hospital and a review of the infectious diseases presentations in the medical literature. The infectious diseases presentations of the syndrome as well as criteria for the diagnosis are reviewed and discussed.

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