title: Cartap poisoning: A rare case report.
abstract: Cartap is a pesticide commonly used to control weevil and caterpillars. It is an analogue of nereistoxin, a neurotoxic substance isolated from the marine annelid Lumbriconereis heteropoda. It causes neuromuscular blockade. Poisoning with cartap is very rare and not yet reported from India. We report a 35-year-old lady with cartap poisoning who presented with nausea, vomiting, and dyspnea. She improved with N-acetyl cysteine and symptomatic management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry - 605 006, India.
authors.forename: A S Praveen
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Deepak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Amalnath
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Dutta