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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Datura stramonium L. poisoning in a geophagous child: A case report
International Journal of Emergency Medicine, Volume 4, No. 1, Article 31, Year 2011
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Description
Datura stramonium L. (DS) is a wild-growing plant widely distributed and easily accessible. It contains a variety of toxic anticholinergic alkaloids such as atropine, hyoscamine, and scopolamine. Voluntary or accidental ingestion can produce severe anticholinergic poisoning. We report an unusual case of DS intoxication occurring in a geophagous young child after accidental ingestion of the plant. Our case is original because of the young age of the victim and the underlying geophagia facilitating the occurrence of poisoning. © 2011 Bouziri et al; licensee Springer.
Authors & Co-Authors
Bouziri, Asma
Tunisia, Tunis
Université de Tunis el Manar, Hôpital D'enfants Béchir Hamza de Tunis
Hamdi, Asma
Tunisia, Tunis
Université de Tunis el Manar, Hôpital D'enfants Béchir Hamza de Tunis
Borgi, Aida
Tunisia, Tunis
Université de Tunis el Manar, Hôpital D'enfants Béchir Hamza de Tunis
Hadj, Sarra Bel
Tunisia, Tunis
Université de Tunis el Manar, Hôpital D'enfants Béchir Hamza de Tunis
Fitouri, Zohra
Tunisia, Tunis
Université de Tunis el Manar, Hôpital D'enfants Béchir Hamza de Tunis
Menif, Khaled
Tunisia, Tunis
Université de Tunis el Manar, Hôpital D'enfants Béchir Hamza de Tunis
Ben Jaballah, Nejla
Tunisia, Tunis
Université de Tunis el Manar, Hôpital D'enfants Béchir Hamza de Tunis
Statistics
Citations: 34
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1186/1865-1380-4-31
ISSN:
18651372
Research Areas
Environmental
Maternal And Child Health