RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Neonatal encephalopathy with a pungent body odour
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
JO Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP F65
OP F66
DO 10.1136/fn.77.1.F65
VO 77
IS 1
A1 V Walker
A1 G A Mills
A1 P-M Fortune
A1 R Wheeler
YR 1997
UL http://fn.bmj.com/content/77/1/F65.abstract
AB A neonate had transient unexplained bleeding into the gut, severe encephalopathy, and an abnormal pungent body odour. An inherited metabolic defect was excluded. The malodour was due to methanethiol and hydrogen sulphide, identified in urine. These sulphur compounds may have contributed to encephalopathy. Colonic bacteria were the probable source.