Organophosphate or organochlorines or something else....?
Deltamethrin belongs to the pyrethroids group of insecticides. Poisoning due to pyrethroids clinically resembles poisoning due to other common insecticides like organophosphates. This overlap of presentations can lead to misdiagnosis. We present here such a case of deltamethrin poisoning.
Aggarwal
Ritesh
R
Medical ICU, Aditya Birla Memorial Hospital, Chinchwad, Pune, Maharashtra, India. theriteshmail@gmail.com
Diddee
Shekhar
S