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A Rare Cause of Methemoglobinemia: How Safe are So-called Biopesticide?
With increasing awareness of “greener” environment, market is flooded with biopesticide. Natural insecticides can be chemical, mineral, or biological. We report an unusual case of methemoglobinemia after deliberate ingestion of an insecticide containing extract of pine oil and azadirachtin oil, Ti o...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers
2020
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7225755/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32435103 http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23373 |
| Sumario: | With increasing awareness of “greener” environment, market is flooded with biopesticide. Natural insecticides can be chemical, mineral, or biological. We report an unusual case of methemoglobinemia after deliberate ingestion of an insecticide containing extract of pine oil and azadirachtin oil, Ti oil, and kerosene. On literature search, no such case report has been documented so far. How to cite this article: Gupta P, Verma PK. A Rare Cause of Methemoglobinemia: How Safe are So-called Biopesticide? Indian J Crit Care Med 2020;24(3):208–209. |
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