The identification of these data requires mandatory reporting of this type of intoxication in Tunisia.
We notice a decrease in the incidence of this type of intoxication.
The mystical allusions to wine pertain to a type of intoxication which stands opposed to discursive thought.
A protocol was developed, including age, gender, type of intoxication agent, APACHE II score, and ICU and hospital lengths of stay, need for orotracheal intubation and complications.
Fatty liver disease is a multifactorial world-wide health problem resulting from a complex interplay between liver, adipose tissue and intestine and initiated by alcohol abuse, overeating, various types of intoxication, adverse drug reactions and genetic or acquired metabolic defects.
Carbon monoxide (CO) intoxication is the most common type of poisoning worldwide [ 1].
Such pathologies include, but are not limited to, spinal stroke, hemorrhagic neoplasms, encephalitis, multiple sclerosis, postictal (Todd's) paresis, some types of migraine, intoxications, hypertensive encephalopathy, hyper- or hypoglycemia, as well as psychiatric diseases (Fig. 2).
Early suspicion of type F intoxication, suggested by specimens producing positive mouse assay results without protection of mice by injection of antitoxins for botulism toxins A, B, or E, may facilitate timely treatment with experimental type-specific antitoxin, available from CDC. Stool samples should be cultured over an extended period to assess for possible intestinal colonization.
The source of intoxication with type F botulism among adults is often uncertain but might result from either intestinal colonization with clostridial spores and subsequent intraintestinal toxin production or from ingestion of preformed toxin in contaminated food (1 ).
When determining a person's level of intoxication, the type of alcohol does not make a difference, if it has been served in a measured dose.
Relatively low aluminium levels from environmental origin (mainly from drinking water poor in silica) have been shown to be statistically associated with senile dementias of Alzheimer type (chronic intoxication).
