Hemorrhagic stroke in children caused by Bothrops marajoensis envenoming: a case report

According to the World Health Organization, snakebites are considered neglected diseases. Bothrops, the genus most frequently implicated in envenomations in Brazil, includes the species B. marajoensis Hoge, 1966, part of the complex B. atrox, which is found in the savannas of Marajó Island, Pará sta...

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Autores principales: de Oliveira Pardal, Pedro Pereira, Pinheiro, Augusto Cezar Jennings da Silva, Silva, Cristiane Tarcis Cunha, Santos, Paulo Roberto Silva Garcez, Gadelha, Maria Apolônia da Costa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4678637/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26672486
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40409-015-0052-5
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Sumario:According to the World Health Organization, snakebites are considered neglected diseases. Bothrops, the genus most frequently implicated in envenomations in Brazil, includes the species B. marajoensis Hoge, 1966, part of the complex B. atrox, which is found in the savannas of Marajó Island, Pará state, Brazil, a region that presents scarce epidemiological data. This work reports the first case of hemorrhagic stroke in a child, attributed to delayed medical care after snakebite envenoming by Bothrops marajoensis in Anajás city, Marajó Island, Pará, Brazil, which led to permanent hemiplegia as a sequela.

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