Citation

Fraser AD, MacNeil A, Theriault M, Morzycki W. J. Anal. Toxicol. 1995; 19(3): 197-199.

Affiliation

Toxicology Laboratory, Victoria General Hospital, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, Preston Publications)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7564300

Abstract

N,N-Diethyl-m-toluamide (DEET) is an effective component of several insect repellent products. A 19-year-old woman was admitted to the emergency department following ingestion of 15-25 mL 95% diethyltoluamide (Muscol). Serum and urine toxicology screening tests were negative except for detection of DEET. DEET was qualitatively identified and quantitated by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Concentrations of DEET based on selected ion monitoring (ion at m/z 119) were 63.0, 17.2, 1.9, and less than 0.2 mg/L in serum specimens collected at 2, 5, 24, and 48 h following ingestion, respectively. Serial monitoring of DEET concentrations and the cardiac abnormalities observed in this case following oral ingestion were not reported previously.

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