Datura stramonium L. poisoning in a geophagous child: a case report

Datura stramonium L. (DS) is a wild-growing plant widely distributed and easily accessible. It contains a variety of toxic anticholinergic alkaloids such as atropine, hyoscamine, and scopolamine. Voluntary or accidental ingestion can produce severe anticholinergic poisoning. We report an unusual cas...

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Autores principales: Bouziri, Asma, Hamdi, Asma, Borgi, Aida, Hadj, Sarra Bel, Fitouri, Zohra, Menif, Khaled, Jaballah, Nejla Ben
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3128847/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21676236
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1865-1380-4-31
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Sumario:Datura stramonium L. (DS) is a wild-growing plant widely distributed and easily accessible. It contains a variety of toxic anticholinergic alkaloids such as atropine, hyoscamine, and scopolamine. Voluntary or accidental ingestion can produce severe anticholinergic poisoning. We report an unusual case of DS intoxication occurring in a geophagous young child after accidental ingestion of the plant. Our case is original because of the young age of the victim and the underlying geophagia facilitating the occurrence of poisoning.

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