Uncommon manifestation of poisoning with a mixture of pesticides

The ingestion of pesticides for suicide commitment purposes is common in developing countries. We present a case of suicide with ingestion of mixed pesticides. The autopsy findings showed the presence of diazinon, chlorpyrifos, trifluralin, fenpropathrin, pyriproxyfen, and cypermethrin in his body....

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Autores principales: Zoofaghari, Shafeajafar, Namakizadeh Esfahani, Navid, Akhavan Sigari, Amirhossein, Tavakoli, Nasim, Hashemzadeh, Mozhdeh, Eizadi‐Mood, Nastaran
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8819642/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35154719
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5365
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Sumario:The ingestion of pesticides for suicide commitment purposes is common in developing countries. We present a case of suicide with ingestion of mixed pesticides. The autopsy findings showed the presence of diazinon, chlorpyrifos, trifluralin, fenpropathrin, pyriproxyfen, and cypermethrin in his body. Clinicians managing poisoning cases need to be aware of poisoning with mixture of pesticides as a rare but highly fatal outcome.

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