ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 4

A Death Involving Probenecid
Roberts, AN
Director of Pathology, Ballarat and District Hospital,

McIntyre, IM
Chief Toxicologist, Victorian Institute of Forensic Pathology, Victoria

Crump, K
Toxicologist, Victorian Institute of Forensic Pathology, Victoria

Drummer, OH
Assistant Director (Scientific Services), Victorian Institute of Forensic Pathology, Victoria

(Received 1 November 1991; accepted 16 December 1991)

Abstract

A death following deliberate ingestion of approximately 75 g of probenecid in a 36-year-old man is described. Tissue concentrations of probenecid were highest in serum (710 mg/L) and liver (550 mg/kg). Probenecid was also detected in vitreous and bile. Ethanol was also detected in blood at 0.13 g/100 mL.

Keywords:
toxicology, probenecid, poisoning, ethanol

Paper ID: JFS13306J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS13306J
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