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9242232

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-8-21
pubmed:abstractText
Autopsy lung specimens from 20 children with kwashiorkor and 20 with other miscellaneous diseases, at the Obafemi Awolowo Teaching Hospital complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, were analyzed for the presence of aflatoxin using high-performance liquid chromatography. Aflatoxins were detected in 18 children who died from kwashiorkor but only in 13 of those who died from miscellaneous diseases. Of the 10 children, 5 in each group, who died with pneumonia, all had detectable levels of aflatoxins in their lungs. The two children with congestive cardiac failure, one secondary to pneumonia and the other secondary to tuberculous pericarditis, had more than two detectable aflatoxins in their lungs. These findings demonstrate that Nigerian children are exposed to aflatoxins and that high levels can accumulate in lung tissue.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0098-4108
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
29
pubmed:volume
51
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
623-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Aflatoxins in the lungs of children with kwashiorkor and children with miscellaneous diseases in Nigeria.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't