Prolonged defibrination syndrome after bite by the carpet viper Echis carinatus.

Comparison of Pasteur and Behringwerke antivenoms in envenoming by the carpet viper (Echis carinatus).

Bites and envenoming by the carpet viper Echis carinatus are common medical emergencies in parts of Nigeria, but the most effective use of the various commercially produced antivenoms in treatment has not been established. Pasteur Paris Echis monospecific and Behringwerke West and North Africa Bitis-Echis-Naja polyspecific antivenoms were compared in two groups of seven patients with incoagulab...

Envenoming after carpet viper (Echis ocellatus) bite during pregnancy: timely use of effective antivenom improves maternal and foetal outcomes.

The report describes successful management of 10 women in 2nd and 3rd pregnancy trimesters with EchiTab IgG antivenom after carpet viper (Echis ocellatus) envenoming. All women survived but foetal loss in a victim with delayed presentation and a case of mild hypersensitivity reaction were recorded. Excellent outcomes can be achieved in rural and semi-nomadic populations without specialized care...

Viper bite with continuous defibrination despite adequate treatment with antivenom.

A case of envenomation due to viperine snakebite poisoning is presented. Patient showed continuous defibrination, without any other signs of poisoning, which could not be reversed with more than double the usual dose of polyvalent antivenom. This phenomenon could be due to envenomation caused by a snake, probably from Viperidae family, which is not covered by the polyvalent antivenom available ...

A Fatal Case of Snake-Bite (? Echis Carinatus) during Pregnancy

The Echis Carinata Bite

livid and watery serum oozes out of the puncture. Headache and in some delirium supervenes and increases. Sense of sinking is very urgent in some. The characteristic sign of capillary bleeding now begins inasmuch as all the mucus surfaces bleed. Heart presents to be weak and with distinct systolic murmur, sharp and shrill in tone, breathing now becomes hurried, patient exhausted. Tetanic spasm ...