Mechanisms Involving Myocardial Injury in Tropical Stings and Bites

RRH: envenoming syndrome due to 200 stings from Africanized honeybees.

Envenoming syndrome from Africanized bee stings is a toxic syndrome caused by the inoculation of large amounts of venom from multiple bee stings, generally more than five hundred. The incidence of severe toxicity from Africanized bee stings is rare but deadly. This report reveals that because of the small volume of distribution, having fewer stings does not exempt a patient from experiencing an...

BITES AND STINGS Snakebite in tropical Australia: a prospective study in the “Top End” of the Northern Territory

Tropical and Emerging Infectious Diseases Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, and Northern Territory Clinical School, Flinders University, Darwin, NT. Bart J Currie, FRACP, DTM+H, Professor in Medicine. Reprints will not be available from the author. Correspondence: Professor B J Currie, Menzies School of Health Research, PO Box 41096, Casuarina, NT 0811. bar...

Bites and stings from venomous animals: a neglected Brazilian tropical disease.

Acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction from a centipede bite

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) following a centipede bite has been very rarely reported. Here, we describe a 22 year-old man who had ST-segment elevation AMI after a centipede bite. He presented with typical chest pain, electro and echocardiographic abnormalities, and elevated cardiac enzymes with normal coronary angiography. The probable mechanisms were described. Practitioners treating cen...

Clinico-epidemiologic Study on Marine Envenomations and Injuries in South Iran, Persian Gulf Coasts

Background: The Persian Gulf is a suitable habitat for various types of marine species. This study was conducted with the aim of determining the epidemiology and clinical findings of injuries inflicted by marine creatures in the Persian Gulf, south Iran. Methods: In this retrospective cross-sectional study, medical records of patients with diagnosis of marine animal exposures treated at 6 refe...