[42] Because of the possibility of
kernicterus (associated with sulfonamide therapy), silver sulfadiazine should be avoided during pregnancy, on premature infants, or on infants younger than 2 months of age.
The Sheridan family experienced another healthcare system failure when their son Cal's neonatal jaundice went untreated, leading to a kind of severe brain damage called
kernicterus.
Sheridan, President of Parents of Infants and Children with
Kernicterus (PICK) to testify at an Advisory Committee meeting on the current epidemiology and therapeutic interventions relevant to hyperbilirubinemia in the term and near-term newborn on Wednesday, June 11, 2003.
