Citation

Dive A, Mahieu P, Van Binst R, Hassoun A, Lison D, De Bisschop H, Nemery B, Lauwerys R. Hum. Exp. Toxicol. 1994; 13(4): 271-274.

Affiliation

Centre de toxicologie clinique, U.C.L. Saint-Luc, Bruxelles, Belgium.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8204314

Abstract

We report a case of organophosphate poisoning with a commercial preparation of malathion (deliberate ingestion of Malathane Garden Spray: malathion 15% in isopropyl alcohol) in which the initial cholinergic crisis was followed by cardiac, pulmonary, neurological and renal manifestations. They occurred when erythrocyte and plasma cholinesterases were reactivating. A chemical analysis of the pesticide preparation revealed, apart from malathion itself, the presence of isopropylmalathion and O,O,S-trimethylphosphorothioate. Although pure malathion is regarded as one of the safest organophosphate insecticides, this observation underlines the possibility of severe complications after exposure to a preparation which has been stored for a long period of time.

Language: en