ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 July 1986
Page Count: 4

Fatal Intravenous Drug Abuse Secondary to Streptomycin Overdose
Randall, B
Forensic pathologist, Laboratory of Clinical Medicine and clinical associate professor, University of South Dakota School of Medicine, SD

Rance, F
Pathology assistant, Laboratory of Clinical Medicine and instructor, University of South Dakota School of Medicine, SD

(Received 3 September 1985; accepted 17 October 1985)

Abstract

A fatal case of chronic intravenous drug abuse involving the injection of a nonpsychoactive veterinary combination of penicillin G and streptomycin is reported. The circumstances surrounding the death indicate that the decedent died as a result of streptomycin induced paralytic neuromuscular blockade.

Keywords:
pathology and biology, streptomycin, death, intravenous drug abuse, streptomycin overdose, neuromuscular blockade

Paper ID: JFS11127J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS11127J
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