Boerhaave syndrome following the use of Kambo from the Amazonian Phyllomedusa bicolor tree frog in Australia

This case report describes Boerhaave syndrome in an otherwise healthy male after Kambo use in Australia. Kambo is produced from the sections of the Phyllomedusa bicolor (Boddaert, 1772) tree frog. Also known as the giant leaf frog, two-coloured leaf frog, waxy-monkey tree frog and kambô, is native t...

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Autores principales: Darlington, Christopher R, Copertino, Nicolas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10120436/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37091680
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omad036
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description This case report describes Boerhaave syndrome in an otherwise healthy male after Kambo use in Australia. Kambo is produced from the sections of the Phyllomedusa bicolor (Boddaert, 1772) tree frog. Also known as the giant leaf frog, two-coloured leaf frog, waxy-monkey tree frog and kambô, is native to South America. Its use is part of a traditional cleansing ceremony but has been adopted by the alternative health movement.
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spelling pubmed-101204362023-04-22 Boerhaave syndrome following the use of Kambo from the Amazonian Phyllomedusa bicolor tree frog in Australia Darlington, Christopher R Copertino, Nicolas Oxf Med Case Reports Case Report This case report describes Boerhaave syndrome in an otherwise healthy male after Kambo use in Australia. Kambo is produced from the sections of the Phyllomedusa bicolor (Boddaert, 1772) tree frog. Also known as the giant leaf frog, two-coloured leaf frog, waxy-monkey tree frog and kambô, is native to South America. Its use is part of a traditional cleansing ceremony but has been adopted by the alternative health movement. Oxford University Press 2023-04-20 /pmc/articles/PMC10120436/ /pubmed/37091680 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omad036 Text en © The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Boerhaave syndrome following the use of Kambo from the Amazonian Phyllomedusa bicolor tree frog in Australia
title_full Boerhaave syndrome following the use of Kambo from the Amazonian Phyllomedusa bicolor tree frog in Australia
title_fullStr Boerhaave syndrome following the use of Kambo from the Amazonian Phyllomedusa bicolor tree frog in Australia
title_full_unstemmed Boerhaave syndrome following the use of Kambo from the Amazonian Phyllomedusa bicolor tree frog in Australia
title_short Boerhaave syndrome following the use of Kambo from the Amazonian Phyllomedusa bicolor tree frog in Australia
title_sort boerhaave syndrome following the use of kambo from the amazonian phyllomedusa bicolor tree frog in australia
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10120436/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37091680
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omad036
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