Pretilachlor poisoning: A rare case of a herbicide masquerading as
organophosphate toxicity
- Olita Shilpakar,
- Bipin Karki,
- Bibek Rajbhandari
Abstract
Pretilachlor is a chloracetanilide herbicide whose acute intoxication in
humans via ingestion has been rarely reported. We report a case of
suicidal ingestion of the herbicide with similar clinical manifestations
of organophosphate toxicity. Awareness among clinicians regarding such
mimickers is the key to proper management of the patient.22 Aug 2020Submitted to Clinical Case Reports 25 Aug 2020Submission Checks Completed
25 Aug 2020Assigned to Editor
03 Sep 2020Reviewer(s) Assigned
19 Sep 2020Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
17 Oct 2020Editorial Decision: Accept