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Michael A. Todd, MD
Baptist Memorial Hospital

James S. Bell, MD
Shelby County and Tennessee Medical Examiner's Office University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences Memphis

JAMA. 1980;243(4):331.

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To the Editor.—

In a letter concerning cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) (241:2701, 1979), Khan et al addressed the potential danger of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation with the use of manikins in CPR training. We have recently had an interesting case illustrating the danger of mouth-to-mouth CPR.

Report of a Case.—

A 3-year-old child with a one-day history of fever, nausea, and vomiting arrived at a rural hospital emergency room without vital signs, and a physician immediately began mouth-to-mouth CPR in an unsuccessful attempt to revive the child. At autopsy, dehydration, follicular colitis, and Ascaris infestation were found, and multiple cultures were taken. The following day, similar symptoms developed in two of the child's siblings, one of whom was hospitalized. Three days after the attempted CPR, the physician who had administered it to the child was admitted to a hospital with fever, severe headache, and diarrhea. Stool cultures from the patient at autopsy, the hospitalized . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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