TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Fatal 3-nitropropionic acid poisoning after consuming coconut water
JO  - Emerging infectious diseases
A1  - Birkelund, Thomas
A1  - Johansen, Rakel F.
A1  - Illum, Dorte G.
A1  - Dyrskog, Stig Eric
A1  - Østergaard, Jakob A.
A1  - Falconer, Travis M.
A1  - Andersen, Chris
A1  - Fridholm, Helena
A1  - Overballe-Petersen, Søren
A1  - Jensen, Jørgen S.
SP  - 278
EP  - 280
VL  - 27
IS  - 1
N2  - We describe the fatal course of a patient with initial symptoms of vomiting and nausea who developed symptoms of dystonia, encephalopathy, and coma. The cause of death was poisoning with 3-nitropropionic acid from coconut water spoiled with the fungus Arthrinium saccharicola. We present the clinical findings and forensic analysis.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1080-6040
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2701.202222
ID  - ref1
ER  -