Dept of Medicine, JSS Medical College Hospital, Ramanuja Road, Mysore, Karnataka-570004
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Online published on 28 March, 2013.
Poisoning by white phosphorus is being encountered more commonly due to easy availability of rodenticides containing this deadly substance. White phosphorus is highly toxic and afflicts multiple systems and is associated with a high mortality. Intravenous N-acetylcysteine is recommended by most authorities in addition to symptomatic and supportive therapy.
We report our experience of a case of white phosphorus poisoning with hepatic dysfunction managed successfully with oral N-acetylcysteine, which had to be used because of non-availability of intravenous N-acetylcysteine.
White phosphorus, Yellow phosphorus, Rodenticide, Rat poison, Hepatotoxicity, Nacetylcysteine
