A case of envenomation caused by Oxybelis fulgidus (Serpentes, Colubridae) in Brazilian Amazon
Abstract A case of a bite inflicted by Oxybelis fulgidus in the wilds of Amazon is reported. The patient was a 67-year-old man who presented with dizziness, tachycardia and local pain, with erythema and bleeding in his left arm. The venom of Oxybelis fulgidus, a neotropical rear-fanged snake, contai...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:09e073aa838c419bb9585312dea618a6 2023-05-15T15:00:11+02:00 A case of envenomation caused by Oxybelis fulgidus (Serpentes, Colubridae) in Brazilian Amazon Kamila Vieira Silva Renato do Carmo Said João Guilherme Pontes Lima Assy Marcelo Ribeiro Duarte Pasesa Pascuala Quispe Torrez Francisco Oscar de Siqueira França 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0426-2018 https://doaj.org/article/09e073aa838c419bb9585312dea618a6 EN eng Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822019000100710&lng=en&tlng=en https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9849 1678-9849 doi:10.1590/0037-8682-0426-2018 https://doaj.org/article/09e073aa838c419bb9585312dea618a6 Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 52, Iss 0 (2019) Snakebite Colubridae Oxibelis fulgidus Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2019 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0426-2018 2022-12-30T21:27:55Z Abstract A case of a bite inflicted by Oxybelis fulgidus in the wilds of Amazon is reported. The patient was a 67-year-old man who presented with dizziness, tachycardia and local pain, with erythema and bleeding in his left arm. The venom of Oxybelis fulgidus, a neotropical rear-fanged snake, contains one of the four three-finger toxins already isolated from colubrid snakes, called fulgimotoxin. He was treated with oral analgesics and returned to the ambulatory in 48 hours, with good evolution. We report tirst authenticated case of adult Oxybelis fulgidus with signs of mild local envenoming without evidence of systemic envenoming. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 52 |
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Abstract A case of a bite inflicted by Oxybelis fulgidus in the wilds of Amazon is reported. The patient was a 67-year-old man who presented with dizziness, tachycardia and local pain, with erythema and bleeding in his left arm. The venom of Oxybelis fulgidus, a neotropical rear-fanged snake, contains one of the four three-finger toxins already isolated from colubrid snakes, called fulgimotoxin. He was treated with oral analgesics and returned to the ambulatory in 48 hours, with good evolution. We report tirst authenticated case of adult Oxybelis fulgidus with signs of mild local envenoming without evidence of systemic envenoming. |
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Kamila Vieira Silva Renato do Carmo Said João Guilherme Pontes Lima Assy Marcelo Ribeiro Duarte Pasesa Pascuala Quispe Torrez Francisco Oscar de Siqueira França |
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Kamila Vieira Silva Renato do Carmo Said João Guilherme Pontes Lima Assy Marcelo Ribeiro Duarte Pasesa Pascuala Quispe Torrez Francisco Oscar de Siqueira França |
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Kamila Vieira Silva |
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A case of envenomation caused by Oxybelis fulgidus (Serpentes, Colubridae) in Brazilian Amazon |
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A case of envenomation caused by Oxybelis fulgidus (Serpentes, Colubridae) in Brazilian Amazon |
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A case of envenomation caused by Oxybelis fulgidus (Serpentes, Colubridae) in Brazilian Amazon |
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A case of envenomation caused by Oxybelis fulgidus (Serpentes, Colubridae) in Brazilian Amazon |
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A case of envenomation caused by Oxybelis fulgidus (Serpentes, Colubridae) in Brazilian Amazon |
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case of envenomation caused by oxybelis fulgidus (serpentes, colubridae) in brazilian amazon |
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