title: Acute fatal poisoning with dichlorophen.
abstract: A case is presented involving an acute fatality resulting from self-administered dichlorophen, a chlorophenol fungicide. The compound was quantified using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry after extraction with methyl-tert-butyl ether, derivatization by methylation and separation on a HP5-MS capillary column. The blood concentration was 9.77 mg/l and other drugs, including ethanol, were not detected.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Medecine Legal, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kintz
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jamey
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Doray
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ludes
mesh_terms: D004003:Dichlorophen / Q000097:blood / Q000506:poisoning*; D005260:Female; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013405:Suicide
chemical_list: D004003:Dichlorophen