Envenomation by Bothrops punctatus in southwestern Colombia
Bothrops punctatus (Chocoan forest lancehead) is a semi-arboreal pitviper species distributed in Panamá, Colombia, and Ecuador, whose human envenomation is poorly characterized. We describe two patients bitten by B. punctatus, whose most relevant clinical feature was the development of a severe coag...
- Autores:
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Cañas Dávila, Carlos Alberto
Vallejo, Alexandra
- Tipo de recurso:
- Article of investigation
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2016
- Institución:
- Universidad ICESI
- Repositorio:
- Repositorio ICESI
- Idioma:
- eng
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repository.icesi.edu.co:10906/81712
- Acceso en línea:
- https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84995642387&doi=10.1016%2fj.toxicon.2016.11.246&partnerID=40&md5=a4d83808f1162425efd6c0f16e36af14
http://hdl.handle.net/10906/81712
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2016.11.246
- Palabra clave:
- Poisoning
Medical sciences
Ciencias socio biomédicas
Envenenamiento
Bothrops
- Rights
- License
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
| Summary: | Bothrops punctatus (Chocoan forest lancehead) is a semi-arboreal pitviper species distributed in Panamá, Colombia, and Ecuador, whose human envenomation is poorly characterized. We describe two patients bitten by B. punctatus, whose most relevant clinical feature was the development of a severe coagulopathy with few local manifestations (mild edema without signs of necrosis) at the site of the bite. Patients quickly improved their clinical and laboratory abnormalities after polyvalent antivenom application. |
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