Methanol poisoning from cologne ingestion

ABSTRACT

Over a period of 3 years 25 cases of methanol poisoning were treated in our hospital The source of the poisoning was identified as a cheap eau de cologne which contained 17.4g/l methanol and which had been drunk as a substitute for ethanol. The patients were treated according to our standard protocol. The mortality rate was 56%, blindness occurred in 16% and 28% survived without sequelae