Abstract：
:We encountered three patients (Patient I: 39-year-old man, Patient II: 34-year-old woman, and Patient III: 5-year-old girl) with acute methyl bromide poisoning, which had occurred as a result of exposure to the gas that leaked from methyl bromide cans stored in a warehouse of a seedling farm. Since all three patients exhibited almost the same initial symptoms, i.e., severe vomiting, tonic convulsions and clouding of consciousness, botulism was suspected at first. However, subsequent inquiry revealed that 27 cans of methyl bromide had been stored in the building that the patients lived in, and that the cans had been damaged a few days before the onset of the patients' illness by a thrashing machine that was being moved by them to another location. Inspection revealed that all the cans of methyl bromide had passed the expiry date and were corroded. Even though none of the cans had been used, three cans with a capacity of 750 g were found to be empty. Plasma bromide ion concentrations were determined to be high (72.9 microg/ml, 67.8 microg/ml and 91.5 microg/ml; normal level, < 5 microg/ml), and acute methyl bromide poisoning was diagnosed 8 days after admission of the patients to the hospital. Hemodialysis (peritoneal lavage in the case of the child) was performed immediately, after which the plasma bromide ion concentrations returned to normal and the general condition of the patients gradually improved.
journal_name
Ind Healthjournal_title
Industrial healthauthors
Yamano Y,Kagawa J,Ishizu S,Harayama Odoi
10.2486/indhealth.39.353keywords:
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2001-10-01 00:00:00pages
353-8issue
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0019-8366issn
1880-8026journal_volume
39pub_type
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