TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Acute kidney injury among children likely associated with diethylene glycol-contaminated medications - The Gambia, June-September 2022
JO  - MMWR: Morbidity and mortality weekly report
A1  - Bastani, Parsa
A1  - Jammeh, Anna
A1  - Lamar, Frederica
A1  - Malenfant, Jason H.
A1  - Adewuyi, Peter
A1  - Cavanaugh, Alyson M.
A1  - Calloway, Kimberly
A1  - Crisp, Carolyn
A1  - Fofana, Nuha
A1  - Hallett, T. Christy
A1  - Jallow, Amadou
A1  - Muoneke, Uzoamaka
A1  - Nyassi, Momodou
A1  - Thomas, Jerry
A1  - Troeschel, Alyssa
A1  - Yard, Ellen
A1  - Yeh, Michael
A1  - Bittaye, Mustapha
SP  - 217
EP  - 222
VL  - 72
IS  - 9
N2  - On July 26, 2022, a pediatric nephrologist alerted The Gambia's Ministry of Health (MoH) to a cluster of cases of acute kidney injury (AKI) among young children at the country's sole teaching hospital, and on August 23, 2022, MoH requested assistance from CDC. CDC epidemiologists arrived in The Gambia, a West African country, on September 16 to assist MoH in characterizing the illness, describing the epidemiology, and identifying potential causal factors and their sources. Investigators reviewed medical records and interviewed caregivers to characterize patients' symptoms and identify exposures. The preliminary investigation suggested that various contaminated syrup-based children's medications contributed to the AKI outbreak. During the investigation, MoH recalled implicated medications from a single international manufacturer. Continued efforts to strengthen pharmaceutical quality control and event-based public health surveillance are needed to help prevent future medication-related outbreaks.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0149-2195
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7209a1
ID  - ref1
ER  -