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From: Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
Red Book® 2015, 2015
Figure Legend:
String sign of infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis. An association with oral erythromycin has been reported in infants younger than 3 weeks with infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis. This is a potential complication, though not a contraindication, when treating young infants with erythromycin for pertussis or other conditions. Courtesy of Edgar O. Ledbetter, MD, FAAP
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