Toxic hepatitis caused by the excretions of the Phyllomedusa bicolor frog – a case report

The Kambô ritual consists of various types of skin scarification and subsequent application of Phyllomedusa bicolor secretion to the fresh wounds. In Europe, the ritual of Kambô is becoming more popular, but its use can lead to serious multiple organ damage, sometimes life-threatening. Our manuscrip...

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Autores principales: Pogorzelska, Joanna, Łapiński, Tadeusz W.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Termedia Publishing House 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5497453/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28856288
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/ceh.2017.65228
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description The Kambô ritual consists of various types of skin scarification and subsequent application of Phyllomedusa bicolor secretion to the fresh wounds. In Europe, the ritual of Kambô is becoming more popular, but its use can lead to serious multiple organ damage, sometimes life-threatening. Our manuscript shows a patient with toxic liver damage probably associated with the Kambô ritual.
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spelling pubmed-54974532017-08-30 Toxic hepatitis caused by the excretions of the Phyllomedusa bicolor frog – a case report Pogorzelska, Joanna Łapiński, Tadeusz W. Clin Exp Hepatol Case Report The Kambô ritual consists of various types of skin scarification and subsequent application of Phyllomedusa bicolor secretion to the fresh wounds. In Europe, the ritual of Kambô is becoming more popular, but its use can lead to serious multiple organ damage, sometimes life-threatening. Our manuscript shows a patient with toxic liver damage probably associated with the Kambô ritual. Termedia Publishing House 2017-01-19 2017-03 /pmc/articles/PMC5497453/ /pubmed/28856288 http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/ceh.2017.65228 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Clinical and Experimental Hepatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) License, allowing third parties to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format and to remix, transform, and build upon the material, provided the original work is properly cited and states its license.
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title_fullStr Toxic hepatitis caused by the excretions of the Phyllomedusa bicolor frog – a case report
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title_short Toxic hepatitis caused by the excretions of the Phyllomedusa bicolor frog – a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5497453/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28856288
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/ceh.2017.65228
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