A case of envenomation by neotropical Opisthoglyphous snake Thamnodynastes pallidus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Colubridae: Dipsadinae: Tachymenini) in Brazil

This is a case report of a bite by an Opisthoglyphous snake Thamnodynastes pallidus (Linnaeus, 1758) in an undergraduate herpetologist observed at the Universidade Federal da Paraiba (Rio Tinto, PB, Brazil). The female victim was bitten in her left hand between the index finger and the middle finger...

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Autores principales: de Araújo, Paula F., da Silva, William Medeiros, de França, Rafaela Cândido, França, Frederico Gustavo Rodrigues
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto de Medicina Tropical 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6069270/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30066806
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946201860038
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author de Araújo, Paula F.
da Silva, William Medeiros
de França, Rafaela Cândido
França, Frederico Gustavo Rodrigues
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description This is a case report of a bite by an Opisthoglyphous snake Thamnodynastes pallidus (Linnaeus, 1758) in an undergraduate herpetologist observed at the Universidade Federal da Paraiba (Rio Tinto, PB, Brazil). The female victim was bitten in her left hand between the index finger and the middle finger and presented symptoms of local envenomation such as bleeding, itching, pain in the wound and swelling. The patient was first seen at the University and afterwards at home during the 36 hours following the incident, when the symptoms disappeared. This is the first case report of an accident by T. pallidus in a human being in Brazil.
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spelling pubmed-60692702018-08-06 A case of envenomation by neotropical Opisthoglyphous snake Thamnodynastes pallidus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Colubridae: Dipsadinae: Tachymenini) in Brazil de Araújo, Paula F. da Silva, William Medeiros de França, Rafaela Cândido França, Frederico Gustavo Rodrigues Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo Case Report This is a case report of a bite by an Opisthoglyphous snake Thamnodynastes pallidus (Linnaeus, 1758) in an undergraduate herpetologist observed at the Universidade Federal da Paraiba (Rio Tinto, PB, Brazil). The female victim was bitten in her left hand between the index finger and the middle finger and presented symptoms of local envenomation such as bleeding, itching, pain in the wound and swelling. The patient was first seen at the University and afterwards at home during the 36 hours following the incident, when the symptoms disappeared. This is the first case report of an accident by T. pallidus in a human being in Brazil. Instituto de Medicina Tropical 2018-07-30 /pmc/articles/PMC6069270/ /pubmed/30066806 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946201860038 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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de Araújo, Paula F.
da Silva, William Medeiros
de França, Rafaela Cândido
França, Frederico Gustavo Rodrigues
A case of envenomation by neotropical Opisthoglyphous snake Thamnodynastes pallidus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Colubridae: Dipsadinae: Tachymenini) in Brazil
title A case of envenomation by neotropical Opisthoglyphous snake Thamnodynastes pallidus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Colubridae: Dipsadinae: Tachymenini) in Brazil
title_full A case of envenomation by neotropical Opisthoglyphous snake Thamnodynastes pallidus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Colubridae: Dipsadinae: Tachymenini) in Brazil
title_fullStr A case of envenomation by neotropical Opisthoglyphous snake Thamnodynastes pallidus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Colubridae: Dipsadinae: Tachymenini) in Brazil
title_full_unstemmed A case of envenomation by neotropical Opisthoglyphous snake Thamnodynastes pallidus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Colubridae: Dipsadinae: Tachymenini) in Brazil
title_short A case of envenomation by neotropical Opisthoglyphous snake Thamnodynastes pallidus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Colubridae: Dipsadinae: Tachymenini) in Brazil
title_sort case of envenomation by neotropical opisthoglyphous snake thamnodynastes pallidus (linnaeus, 1758) (colubridae: dipsadinae: tachymenini) in brazil
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6069270/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30066806
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946201860038
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