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Toxicity of maduramicin
  1. N Sharma,
  2. A Bhalla,
  3. S Varma,
  4. S Jain,
  5. S Singh
  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh - 160012, India
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr Navneet Sharma
 Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh - 160012, India; navneet_433sify.com

Abstract

This report documents the first presentation of seven human cases of poisoning with a compound used in poultry feed. The clinical presentation was a toxic polyneuropathy with rhabdomyolysis and acute renal failure. We describe the protracted clinical course of one of these victims along with a tabulated description of the clinical course and relevant laboratory investigations of the others.

  • ionophor
  • maduramicin
  • acute renal failure
  • polyneuropathy
  • rhabdomyolysis

https://doi.org/10.1136/emj.2004.020883

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    • Competing interests: none declared