Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Poon, W T
• Chan, K
• Lo, M H
• Yip, K K
• Lee, T
• Chan, A Y W

Titel

A case of tetramine poisoning: a lethal rodenticide

Ist Teil von

• Hong Kong medical journal = Xianggang yi xue za zhi, 2005-12, Vol.11 (6), p.507

Ort / Verlag

China: Hong Kong Academy of Medicine

Erscheinungsjahr

2005

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• We report a fatal case of suicide presenting with convulsions and subsequently multi-organ failure. Rodenticide poisoning was not suspected until the next day when tetramine was detected in the patient's blood, urine, and food residues. Tetramine is a potent rodenticide with a rapid action and high mortality. The poison has been banned worldwide but is still readily available in Mainland China. Outbreaks of poisoning are reported frequently and doctors should be alert for this lethal toxin.