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Severe childhood poisoning caused by Ferraga practices. Data from the Moroccan Poison Control and Pharmacovigilance Centre

Mina Talib, Naima Rhalem, Abderrahim Chebat, Abdelmajid Soulaymani, Rachida Soulaymani-Bencheikh, Souad Skalli and Jamila Dahmani
Saudi Medical Journal November 2024, 45 (11) 1277-1280; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2024.45.11.20240564
Mina Talib
From the Laboratory of Plant, Animal, and Agro-Industry Production (Talib, Dahmani); from the Biology and Health Laboratory (Soulaymani), Faculty of Science, Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra, from the Department of Toxicology (Rhalem); from the Department of Pharmacology (Soulaymani-Bencheikh), Anti-poison and Pharmacovigilance Center of Morocco, and from the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology (Skalli), Center of Plant and Microbial Biotechnology, Biodiversity and Environment, Faculty of Science, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco.
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Naima Rhalem
From the Laboratory of Plant, Animal, and Agro-Industry Production (Talib, Dahmani); from the Biology and Health Laboratory (Soulaymani), Faculty of Science, Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra, from the Department of Toxicology (Rhalem); from the Department of Pharmacology (Soulaymani-Bencheikh), Anti-poison and Pharmacovigilance Center of Morocco, and from the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology (Skalli), Center of Plant and Microbial Biotechnology, Biodiversity and Environment, Faculty of Science, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco.
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Abderrahim Chebat
From the Laboratory of Plant, Animal, and Agro-Industry Production (Talib, Dahmani); from the Biology and Health Laboratory (Soulaymani), Faculty of Science, Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra, from the Department of Toxicology (Rhalem); from the Department of Pharmacology (Soulaymani-Bencheikh), Anti-poison and Pharmacovigilance Center of Morocco, and from the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology (Skalli), Center of Plant and Microbial Biotechnology, Biodiversity and Environment, Faculty of Science, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco.
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Abdelmajid Soulaymani
From the Laboratory of Plant, Animal, and Agro-Industry Production (Talib, Dahmani); from the Biology and Health Laboratory (Soulaymani), Faculty of Science, Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra, from the Department of Toxicology (Rhalem); from the Department of Pharmacology (Soulaymani-Bencheikh), Anti-poison and Pharmacovigilance Center of Morocco, and from the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology (Skalli), Center of Plant and Microbial Biotechnology, Biodiversity and Environment, Faculty of Science, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco.
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Rachida Soulaymani-Bencheikh
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Souad Skalli
From the Laboratory of Plant, Animal, and Agro-Industry Production (Talib, Dahmani); from the Biology and Health Laboratory (Soulaymani), Faculty of Science, Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra, from the Department of Toxicology (Rhalem); from the Department of Pharmacology (Soulaymani-Bencheikh), Anti-poison and Pharmacovigilance Center of Morocco, and from the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology (Skalli), Center of Plant and Microbial Biotechnology, Biodiversity and Environment, Faculty of Science, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco.
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Jamila Dahmani
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    Table 1

    - Distribution of cases of intoxication by Ferraga practices according to the Moroccan Poison and Pharmacovigilance Centre, 2010-2020.

    Variablesn (%)
    Circumstance
    Accidental24 (100)
    Type of poisoning
    Isolated24 (100)
    Poisoning environment
    Urban2 (8.3)
    Rural20 (83.3)
    Unspecified2 (8.3)
    Place of poisoning
    Home18 (75.0)
    Public place3 (12.5)
    Unspecified3 (12.5)
    Grade
    Initial grading
    0: no signs0 (0.0)
    1: spontaneously regressive signs0 (0.0)
    2: pronounced signs0 (0.0)
    3: severe intoxication1 (4.2)
    4: fatal poisoning0 (0.0)
    Unclassifiable23 (95.8)
    Final grading
    0: no signs1 (4.2)
    1: spontaneously regressive signs0 (0.0)
    2: pronounced signs10 (41.6)
    3: severe intoxication9 (37.5)
    4: fatal poisoning2 (8.3)
    Unclassifiable2 (8.3)
    Route of administration
    Oral21 (87.0)
    Dermal1 (4.2)
    Unspecified2 (8.3)
    Symptomatology
    Asymptomatic1 (4.2)
    Symptomatic23 (95.8)
    Symptoms
    Unspecified1 (4.2)
    Digestive16 (66.7)
    Respiratory3 (12.5)
    Neurological4 (16.7)
    Digestive and respiratory7 (29.2)
    Digestive and neurological5 (20.8)
    Digestive, respiratory, and neurological4 (16.7)
    Others3 (12.5)
    Evolution
    Favorable18 (75.0)
    Death2 (8.3)
    Unknown4 (16.7)

    Values are presented as numbers and percentages (%).

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