Horowitz B Z, Albertson T E, O'Malley M, Swenson E J
California Poison Control System, Sacramento Division, University of California Davis Medical Center, USA.
J Toxicol Clin Toxicol. 1998;36(4):353-7. doi: 10.3109/15563659809028032.
Methyl bromide has been responsible for deaths that usually occur from its accidental inhalation during fumigation.
We report an accidental fatality that occurred after methyl bromide seeped through underground conduits from a fumigated building to an adjacent guest house on the same property. The patient developed refractory seizures, intermittent fever, and multiorgan system failure before dying 19 days after exposure. The initial serum bromide was 27 mg/dL. Postmortem analysis detected methyl bromide concentrations of 2.9 mg/dL in the blood, 1.7 mg/dL in the bile, 24 micrograms/g in the liver, and 28 micrograms/g in the adipose tissue.
Methyl bromide, although applied under acceptable safety standards, led to the inadvertent death of a young woman. Extreme care must be used when fumigating to insure no unsuspected seepage routes exist.
溴甲烷曾导致死亡，这类死亡通常发生在熏蒸过程中意外吸入溴甲烷的情况下。
我们报告了一起意外死亡事件，溴甲烷从一座熏蒸过的建筑物通过地下管道渗漏到同一地块相邻的宾馆，导致了这起死亡。患者出现难治性癫痫、间歇性发热和多器官系统衰竭，在接触后19天死亡。初始血清溴化物浓度为27mg/dL。尸检分析在血液中检测到溴甲烷浓度为2.9mg/dL，胆汁中为1.7mg/dL，肝脏中为24微克/克，脂肪组织中为28微克/克。
溴甲烷尽管是在可接受的安全标准下使用，但仍导致一名年轻女性意外死亡。熏蒸时必须格外小心，以确保不存在未被察觉的渗漏途径。
