Pretilachlor poisoning: A rare case of a herbicide masquerading as organophosphate toxicity.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Shilpakar, Olita; Karki, Bipin; Rajbhandari, Bibek
- Source
- Clinical Case Reports. Dec2020, Vol. 8 Issue 12, p3507-3509. 3p.
- Subject
- *POISONING
*HERBICIDES
*BRADYCARDIA
*ORAL manifestations of general diseases
- Language
- ISSN
- 2050-0904
Acute oral intoxication of pretilachlor, a chloroacetanilide herbicide, in humans can present with similar clinical manifestations of organophosphate toxicity. Clinicians should be aware of such mimickers for proper management of the patient. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]