PEDIATRICS Vol. 39 No. 2 February 1967, pp. 287-289
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Cantharidin Poisoning from Ingestion of a "Blister Beetle"

WLADIMIR WERTELECKI M.D.1, TERESA J. VIETTI M.D.1, and PANJA KULAPONGS M.D.1

1 Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, at St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri 63110

A 10-month-old girl swallowed a beetle of the Meloidae family and developed classical signs of cantharidin toxicity manifested by vomiting, urinary frequency, dysuria, hematuria, proteinuria, glycosuria, elevated blood urea nitrogen, and elevated white blood cell counts. A brief review of the pertinent literature and toxicology is given.




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