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A neonate with an infected omphalocele was treated locally with merbromin (mercurochrome) for five days. Extensive skin peeling with bullous lesions, edema, and fever developed three days after mercurochrome therapy. The infant died on the ninth day. Autopsy revealed evidence of heavy metal poisoning of the kidney, excessive mercury levels in the blood, and in tissues of the brain, kidney, and liver.
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