| Document ID (ISN) | 24544 |
| CIS number |
76-478 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0025-729X - Medical Journal of Australia |
| Year |
1975 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Bisby J.A., Simpson G.R. |
| Title |
An unusual presentation of systemic organophosphate poisoning. |
| Bibliographic information |
6 Sep. 1975, Vol.2, No.10, p.394-395. Illus. |
| Abstract |
A pest control operator was exposed to leakage of a 1% solution of dichlorvos in mineral spirit from a knapsack sprayer. Extensive erythema and bullae developed; the whole blood cholinesterase level was 36% of normal. On conservative treatment recovery was uneventful and the cholinesterase levels were normal within one month. It is suggested that any patient with a local skin reaction to pesticides be tested routinely for systemic poisoning, and that further exposure be forbidden until cholinesterase levels are normal. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
phosphoric acid esters; dermal toxicity; pesticides; dichlorvos |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
case study; cholinesterase monitoring |
| Document type |
- |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Esters and salts
Agricultural chemicals
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