Envenomation by the neotropical colubrid Boiruna maculata (Boulenger, 1896): a case report.

نویسندگان

  • M C dos Santos-Costa
  • A B Outeiral
  • F M D'Agostini
  • L H Cappellari
چکیده

This is a case report of a Boiruna maculata snake bite in a child admitted to the Hospital Municipal de Pronto Socorro de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. The patient was bitten on the lower left limb, and exhibited pronounced local manifestations of envenomation. She was treated with Bothrops antivenom and was discharged from the hospital five days later with marked improvement of envenomation.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

دوره 42 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2000