Methanethiol Poisoning
- 30 March 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 211 (13) , 2153-2154
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1970.03170130049013
Abstract
A 53-year-old man was hospitalized because of coma appearing shortly after exposure to methanethiol. Acute, severe hemolytic anemia and methemoglobinemia developed: both were brief in duration. The likely mechanism of the hemolysis was an oxidant effect of methanethiol in a person deficient in erythrocytic glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PD). Deep coma persisted until death 28 days after exposure to the chemical agent.Keywords
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