Peretti F J, Isenschmid D S, Levine B, Caplan Y H, Smialek J E
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201.
Forensic Sci Int. 1990 Dec;48(2):135-8. doi: 10.1016/0379-0738(90)90105-8.
A case is presented of a 26-year-old female who died as a result of cocaine intoxication. A blood cocaine concentration of 330 mg/l, about 1.5 times greater than the highest concentration previously reported, was found. Blood benzoylecgonine and ecgonine methyl ester concentrations were 50 and 18 mg/l, respectively. The unusually high blood concentrations of cocaine and the metabolites are suggestive of a massive administration, however, the history suggests a series of recreational uses. The manner of death was undetermined.
