Citation

Hami H, Soulaymani A, Skalli S, Mokhtari A, Sefiani H, Soulaymani R. Bull. Soc. Pathol. Exot. 2011; 104(1): 53-57.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Societe de Pathologie Exotique)

DOI

10.1007/s13149-010-0102-8

PMID

21243460

Abstract

To assess the extent and severity of poisoning by Atractylis gummifera L. in Morocco, a descriptive retrospective study was conducted on all the poisoning cases listed between 1981 and 2004 to the Morocco Poison Control Center. During this period, 240 people were hospitalized for glue thistle poisoning, 72% of which are children under 16 years. The severity of the poisoning has been affirmed by significant intrahospital lethality. Indeed, among the 182 patients for whom the outcomes were known, 98 died (54%).

Language: fr

Keywords

Humans; Accidents; Child; Adult; Child, Preschool; Infant; Female; Male; Middle Aged; Adolescent; Retrospective Studies; Young Adult; Hospitalization; Rural Population; Urban Population; Suicide, Attempted; Morocco; Poison Control Centers; Plant Poisoning; Atractylis