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Establishment of a Chilli Thrips (Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood) Rearing System for Virulence Screening of Entomopathogenic Fungi
Published on: July 18, 2025
Fatal chilli bite
Chittaranjan Behera1, Hari Prasad2, Asit Ranjan Mridha3
1Department of Forensic Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India drchitta75@rediffmail.com.
Abstract:
A healthy 2-year-old girl bit a green chilli accidentally following which she had many bouts of vomiting. She became unconscious and was immediately admitted to hospital. In spite of all medical intervention, she died after one day. The autopsy confirmed that the death was caused by respiratory failure due to acute respiratory distress syndrome following aspiration of gastric contents into tracheobronchial tree. Aspiration of gastric contents resulting in acute respiratory distress syndrome and death is not uncommon; however, death following the accidental bite of a chilli is rarely reported in medical-legal literature.
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