Human envenomation by the South American opisthoglyph Clelia clelia plumbea (Wied)

Human envenomation by the South American opisthoglyph Clelia clelia plumbea (Wied)

A 4-year-old girl was hospitalized 10 hr after having been envenomated by a 1.4m Clelia clelia plumbea, a colubrid. Although the patient exhibited pronounced edema and local hemorrhage, she did not manifest systemic symptoms. Because the attending physician viewed the case as a possible Bothrops bit...

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Veröffentlicht in:Toxicon (Oxford) 1991, Vol.29 (12), p.1512-1516
Hauptverfasser: Pinto, Raimundo Nonato Leite, da Silva, Nelson Jorge, Aird, Steven D.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animal poisons toxicology. Antivenoms
Antivenins - therapeutic use
Biological and medical sciences
Brazil
Child, Preschool
Crotalid Venoms - immunology
Edema - chemically induced
Edema - pathology
Female
Hemorrhage - chemically induced
Humans
Medical sciences
Skin - pathology
Snake Bites - psychology
Snake Bites - therapy
Toxicology
Tropical medicine
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Zusammenfassung:A 4-year-old girl was hospitalized 10 hr after having been envenomated by a 1.4m Clelia clelia plumbea, a colubrid. Although the patient exhibited pronounced edema and local hemorrhage, she did not manifest systemic symptoms. Because the attending physician viewed the case as a possible Bothrops bite, anti- Bothrops antivenom (FUNED) was administered. All local symptoms disappeared gradually over a period of 3 days.
ISSN:0041-0101
1879-3150
DOI:10.1016/0041-0101(91)90008-F