Diethylene glycol poisoning in Gurgaon, India, 1998.

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Authors

Jagvir Singh · National Center for Disease Control

A. K. Dutta · Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital

Shashi Khare · National Center for Disease Control

N. K. Dubey · Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital

Ajay Harit · National Center for Disease Control

Nikhar Jain

Tarun Wadhwa

S.R. Gupta

Abstract

Cough expectorant manufactured by a company in Gurgaon was found to be contaminated with diethylene glycol (17.5% v/v), but a sample of acetaminophen manufactured by the same company tested negative for contamination when gas-liquid chromatography was used. Thus, poisoning with diethylene glycol seems to be the cause of acute renal failure in these children.

Topics & Keywords

Poisoning and overdose treatments Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection Pharmaceutical studies and practices

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: PubMed

Volume 79, Issue 2, pp. 88-95

DOI: 10.1590/s0042-96862001000200002

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