[Allergy to food colouring. A prospective study in ten children].

In order to know more about allergy to food colouring, we conducted a prospective open study over 8 months in a group of 10 atopic children with repeated urticaria. The mean age was 6.5 years (4.

[Allergy to cow's milk protein hydrolysates: apropos of 8 cases].

Background: The use of extensively hydrolyzed protein formulas is the best alternative for children with cow's milk allergy, though cases of allergies to hydrolyzed proteins have been reported. The aim of this study was to clarify from our experience the diagnostic, evolutive and therapeutic aspects of allergies to extensively hydrolyzed protein formulas.

Patients And Methods: We report eight cases of allergy to extensively hydrolyzed protein formulas seen between 1985 and 1998.

Stability and compatibility of teicoplanin in parenteral nutrition solutions used in pediatrics.

Aims: To investigate teicoplanin added to pediatric parenteral nutrition solutions in terms of its stability, its compatibility with parenteral nutrition solution components, and its diffusion through an antibacterial filter material.

Methods: Three binary solutions with and without teicoplanin were studied. Different solution compositions and teicoplanin concentrations were used: A (98.

Histopathology and microbiology of isolated rectal bleeding in neonates: the so-called 'ecchymotic colitis'.

Rectal bleeding in neonates is an alarming event which suggests a possible necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) but is usually the only symptom of an unexplained colitis characterized endoscopically by ecchymotic mucosal lesions, the so-called 'ecchymotic colitis' (EC). We studied histologically and bacteriologically 18 infants (mean age: 18 days) presenting with rectal bleeding by systematic rectosigmoidoscopy and intestinal biopsies. The 18 infants were hospitalized.