Hatem Kallel, Claire Mayence, Stéphanie Houcke, Cyrille Mathien, Hossein Mehdaoui, José María Gutiérrez, Bruno Megarbane, Didier Hommel, Dabor Resiere
In French Guiana, Bothrops atrox, Bothrops brazili, Bothrops bilineatus, Lachesis muta and Micrurus sp are responsible for most cases of snakebite envenomation. The clinical features in patients suffering from envenomations by viperid snakes involve local tissue damage and systemic manifestations, such as hemorrhage, coagulopathies and hemodynamic instability. We report a severe case of envenomation in a patient bitten by a large unidentified pit viper in French Guiana. Due to lack of antivenom, the patient only received symptomatic management...
April 2, 2018: Toxicon: Official Journal of the International Society on Toxinology