Severe multi-organ dysfunction following multiple wasp (Vespa affinis) stings
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Severe multi-organ dysfunction following multiple wasp (Vespa affinis) stings.
Ceylon Medical Journal The wasp (Vespa affinis) is common and widely distributed in Sri Lanka. Wasp venom is known to contain factors that release histamine, enzymes, haemolysins, neurotoxins and vasodilators [1]. Case reports with severe multi-organ dysfunction after wasp stings are few in literature. We report two patients who developed severe multi-organ dysfunction following multiple wasp b...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ceylon Medical Journal
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2386-1274,0009-0875
DOI: 10.4038/cmj.v48i4.3337