Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Severe cresol poisoning caused by massive dermal exposure

  • CE - MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION
  • Published:
Internal and Emergency Medicine Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1

References

  1. Haynes A, Wax PM (2019) Antiseptics, disinfectants, and sterilants. In: Nelson LS, Howland M, Lewin NA, Smith SW, Goldfrank LR, Hoffman RS (eds) Goldfrank’s toxicologic emergencies, 11th edn. McGraw Hill, p 1373

    Google Scholar 

  2. Seak CK, Lin CC, Seak CJ et al (2010) A case of black urine and dark skin—cresol poisoning. Clin Toxicol 48(9):959–960

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Hino M, Kuriyama A, Anzai Y (2020) Black urine due to cresol intoxication. Postgrad Med J 96(1136):358

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  4. Lin CH, Yang JY (1992) Chemical burn with cresol intoxication and multiple organ failure. Burns 18(2):162–166

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  5. Sakai Y, Abo W, Yagita K et al (1999) Chemical burn with systemic cresol intoxication. Pediatr Int 41(2):174–176

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Emergency Department, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, 11217, Taiwan

    Chang-Hung Hung, Chien-Ying Wang & Yen-Chia Chen

  2. Emergency Department, Lotung Poh-Ai Hospital, Lo-Hsu Foundation, Inc., Yilan, Taiwan

    Ruei-Fong Hsu

  3. School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan

    Chien-Ying Wang & Yen-Chia Chen

  4. Department of Emergency Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

    Chien-Ying Wang & Yen-Chia Chen

  5. Faculty of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, 11217, Taiwan

    Yen-Chia Chen

Authors
  1. Chang-Hung Hung
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Ruei-Fong Hsu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Chien-Ying Wang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Yen-Chia Chen
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Yen-Chia Chen.

Ethics declarations

Conflict of interest

The authors have no conflict of interest to declare.

Ethical approval

All human and animal studies have been approved by the appropriate ethics committee and have therefore been performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments.

Informed consent

The patient gave his informed consent prior to his inclusion in the study.

Additional information

Publisher's Note

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Hung, CH., Hsu, RF., Wang, CY. et al. Severe cresol poisoning caused by massive dermal exposure. Intern Emerg Med 17, 913–914 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-022-02949-3

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-022-02949-3

Search

Navigation