Neurological effects of an unusual insecticide poison: Amitraz

Amitraz is a triazapentadiene compound belonging to amidine family. As an insecticide and acaricide, it has been used to control red spider mites, scale insects, aphids, leaf worms, whitefly, bollworms, and pear psylla on Oregon pear crops. Poisoning is secondary to accidental or suicidal inhalation...

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Autores principales: Basetty, Sudhakar, Mishra, Ajay Kumar, Sathyendra, Sowmya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5787984/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29417037
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.222044
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description Amitraz is a triazapentadiene compound belonging to amidine family. As an insecticide and acaricide, it has been used to control red spider mites, scale insects, aphids, leaf worms, whitefly, bollworms, and pear psylla on Oregon pear crops. Poisoning is secondary to accidental or suicidal inhalation and ingestion of the compound. The toxicity profile is mostly in the form of alteration of the nervous system resulting in various clinical manifestations. We describe a case report of amitraz poisoning presenting with coma.
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spelling pubmed-57879842018-02-07 Neurological effects of an unusual insecticide poison: Amitraz Basetty, Sudhakar Mishra, Ajay Kumar Sathyendra, Sowmya J Family Med Prim Care Case Report Amitraz is a triazapentadiene compound belonging to amidine family. As an insecticide and acaricide, it has been used to control red spider mites, scale insects, aphids, leaf worms, whitefly, bollworms, and pear psylla on Oregon pear crops. Poisoning is secondary to accidental or suicidal inhalation and ingestion of the compound. The toxicity profile is mostly in the form of alteration of the nervous system resulting in various clinical manifestations. We describe a case report of amitraz poisoning presenting with coma. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5787984/ /pubmed/29417037 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.222044 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5787984/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29417037
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.222044
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