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Clinical phenotypes and severity stratification in pediatric diethylene glycol poisoning: a latent class analysis of the Gambia acute kidney injury outbreak.
Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) - 1 Jun 2026
Barrow Amadou, Bittaye Mustapha, Bittaye Sheikh Omar, Oguche Sunday Musa
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BACKGROUND: Between June and September 2022, an outbreak of acute kidney injury (AKI) among children in The Gambia caused 66 deaths among 82 cases, linked to medicines contaminated with diethylene glycol (DEG) and ethylene glycol. Clinical heterogeneity in DEG poisoning remains poorly characterized, limiting risk stratification and resource allocation in outbreak settings. We used latent class analysis to...
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