Tylenol recalling some medicine for children and infants

David Gulliver - posted 12:30 pm Thursday, Oct. 1

The makers of Tylenol are recalling some Tylenol products for children and infants that may be contaminated by bacteria.

The recall is for particular batches of oral suspension products produced between March 2008 and May 2008. There have been no reported illnesses among patients using the product, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said.

The full list of recalled product lots is available on the website of McNeil Consumer Healthcare, Tylenol's manufacturer, at this link.

Parents and health care providers can find the lot numbers on the bottom of the box containing the product, and on the sticker on the medicine bottle.

The bacteria, known as B. cepacia, can be found in soil and water and pose little risk to healthy people, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But people with weakened immune systems or chronic lung dsease, and in cystic fibrosis in particular, may be more vulnerable, the agency said.

In 2005, clusters of pneumonia and other infections broke out as a result of B. cepacia in contaminated mouthwash, CDC said. A year before, there was a recall of nasal sprays due to contamination with the bacterium.