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Chloramphenicol toxicity in newborns

Symptoms usually begin 2 to 9 days after treatment has been started.

• Vomiting, refusal to suck, passage of loose green stools
• Body limpness and ashen gray color
• Hypotension (low blood pressure)
• Cyanosis (blue coloring of lips, nail beds, skin from lack of oxygen in the blood)
• Hypothermia (low body temperature)
• Cardiovascular collapse

Review Date: 11/18/2005
Reviewed By: John Goldenring, MD, MPH, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, San Diego, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.