Open AccessOrganophosphate or organochlorines or something else....?
Author(s) -
Ritesh Aggarwal,
Shekhar Diddee
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
indian journal of critical care medicine/indian journal of critical care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-359X
pISSN - 0972-5229
DOI - 10.4103/0972-5229.53114
Subject(s) - medicine , organophosphate , organophosphate poisoning , pesticide , biology , agronomy
Deltamethrin belongs to the pyrethroids group of insecticides. Poisoning due to pyrethroids clinically resembles poisoning due to other common insecticides like organophosphates. This overlap of presentations can lead to misdiagnosis. We present here such a case of deltamethrin poisoning.