Citation

Paradis C, Dondia D, Nardon A, Blanc-Brisset I, Courtois A, Vaucel JA, Labadie M. Toxin Rev. 2022; 41(4): 1172-1178.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/15569543.2021.1983843

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

In January 2020, a fatal case of strychnine exposure has been reported to our Poison Control Center (PCC), highlighting that strychnine poisoning is still occurring. This poisoning led us to collect the cases of strychnine poisoning reported to the French PCC. During the last thirteen years, we encountered 94 cases of strychnine poisoning. The circumstance of exposure was mainly suicide attempts. Strychnine blood levels were documented for 11 of the 94 cases. During the period of the study, 15 deaths occurred that led us to consider that strychnine exposure is a rare but serious poisoning. © 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

Language: en

Keywords

adolescent; adult; human; child; female; male; aged; incidence; poisoning; toxicity; France; suicide attempt; intoxication; major clinical study; retrospective study; poison center; blood level; exposure; chemical structure; Article; strychnine; Strychnine; mortality rate; disease severity assessment