Epidemiology

• Responsible for tainted cranberries in 1959 outbreak

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Exposure

• Herbicide: aka Amitrole-T, Amizol, Azolan, Cytrol, and Weedazol

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Physiology

• Inhalational Amitrole Exposure

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Clinical

• Acute Lung Injury-ARDS (see Acute Lung Injury-ARDS, [[Acute Lung Injury-ARDS]])
  • Treatment: corticosteroids

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References

• Alveolar damage due to inhalation of amitrole-containing herbicide. Chest 1992 vol. 101 no. 4 1174-1176