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A Rare Cause of Methemoglobinemia: How Safe are So-called Biopesticide?
Poonam Gupta1, Pradeep K Verma1
1Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Safdarjang Hospital and Vardhman Mahavir Medical College, New Delhi, India.
Abstract:
With increasing awareness of "greener" environment, market is flooded with biopesticide. Natural insecticides can be chemical, mineral, or biological. We report an unusual case of methemoglobinemia after deliberate ingestion of an insecticide containing extract of pine oil and azadirachtin oil, Ti oil, and kerosene. On literature search, no such case report has been documented so far. How to cite this article: Gupta P, Verma PK. A Rare Cause of Methemoglobinemia: How Safe are So-called Biopesticide? Indian J Crit Care Med 2020;24(3):208-209.
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