Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Vol. 14 No. 3 (2020): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

Enrofloxacin poisoning in Humans – A Rare Case Report

Vipul Khandelwal1 , Namrta Pradhan2 , Priya Mathu2 , Shailesh Jhawa2, Ajay Pal Singh3 (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Jul 2020

Abstract

Enrofloxacin flouroquinolone - Veterinary Medicine. It has the general effect of the class of flouroquinolone. This poison is rarely reported in human. We present a case of Enro poisoning. Patient ingested Enrofloxacin. Which was followed by seizures and altered sensorium .Patient was taken on mechanical ventilator. He was managed symptomatically .He developed ST-T changes in ECG. But coronary angio was normal. We also tried doing plasmapheresis. But patient expired even after all efforts. The best of our knowledge, we did not find any such reported case of enro poison in Human .Hence we present this case report.

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