Open AccessMulti-organ dysfunction syndrome with dual organophosphate pesticides poisoning
Author(s) -
Ajay Kumar Mishra,
Himanshu Pandya,
Nikhil Dave,
M. Mehta
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
toxicology international/indian journal of toxicology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.129
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 0976-5131
pISSN - 0971-6580
DOI - 10.4103/0971-6580.121682
Subject(s) - dichlorvos , organophosphate , organophosphate poisoning , ingestion , pesticide , medicine , toxicology , toxicity , biology , agronomy
Organophosphate (OP) pesticide self-poisoning is common in developing countries. Poisoning with dual OP compounds is rare. Multi-organ dysfunction after OP poisoning has a high mortality rate. We report the case of a 27-year-old man who developed multi-organ dysfunction syndrome with fatal outcome after intentional ingestion of 50:50 mixture of two OP compounds, dichlorvos and profenofos.