A new case of envenomation by neotropical opisthoglyphous snake Philodryas olfersii (Lichtenstein, 1823) in Recife, State of Pernambuco, Brazil

Human envenomation by the snakes Colubridae and Dipsadidae are reported in Brazil, and envenomation by the Opisthoglyphous snake Philodryas olfersii could be dangerous. Here, we present the second record of an envenomation by Philodryas olfersii in Pernambuco, northeast Brazil. The male victim prese...

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Autores principales: Barbosa, Vanessa do Nascimento, Amaral, Jéssica Monique da Silva, Alves, Álvaro Amon Aquino, França, Frederico Gustavo Rodrigues
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7310373/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32578714
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0151-2020
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author Barbosa, Vanessa do Nascimento
Amaral, Jéssica Monique da Silva
Alves, Álvaro Amon Aquino
França, Frederico Gustavo Rodrigues
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Amaral, Jéssica Monique da Silva
Alves, Álvaro Amon Aquino
França, Frederico Gustavo Rodrigues
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description Human envenomation by the snakes Colubridae and Dipsadidae are reported in Brazil, and envenomation by the Opisthoglyphous snake Philodryas olfersii could be dangerous. Here, we present the second record of an envenomation by Philodryas olfersii in Pernambuco, northeast Brazil. The male victim presented with mild erythema pain, paraesthesia, local numbness, and swollen lymph nodes. The symptoms were similar to those of a pit viper bite, and disappeared completely after 15 days.
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spelling pubmed-73103732020-06-24 A new case of envenomation by neotropical opisthoglyphous snake Philodryas olfersii (Lichtenstein, 1823) in Recife, State of Pernambuco, Brazil Barbosa, Vanessa do Nascimento Amaral, Jéssica Monique da Silva Alves, Álvaro Amon Aquino França, Frederico Gustavo Rodrigues Rev Soc Bras Med Trop Case Report Human envenomation by the snakes Colubridae and Dipsadidae are reported in Brazil, and envenomation by the Opisthoglyphous snake Philodryas olfersii could be dangerous. Here, we present the second record of an envenomation by Philodryas olfersii in Pernambuco, northeast Brazil. The male victim presented with mild erythema pain, paraesthesia, local numbness, and swollen lymph nodes. The symptoms were similar to those of a pit viper bite, and disappeared completely after 15 days. Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT 2020-06-22 /pmc/articles/PMC7310373/ /pubmed/32578714 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0151-2020 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License
spellingShingle Case Report
Barbosa, Vanessa do Nascimento
Amaral, Jéssica Monique da Silva
Alves, Álvaro Amon Aquino
França, Frederico Gustavo Rodrigues
A new case of envenomation by neotropical opisthoglyphous snake Philodryas olfersii (Lichtenstein, 1823) in Recife, State of Pernambuco, Brazil
title A new case of envenomation by neotropical opisthoglyphous snake Philodryas olfersii (Lichtenstein, 1823) in Recife, State of Pernambuco, Brazil
title_full A new case of envenomation by neotropical opisthoglyphous snake Philodryas olfersii (Lichtenstein, 1823) in Recife, State of Pernambuco, Brazil
title_fullStr A new case of envenomation by neotropical opisthoglyphous snake Philodryas olfersii (Lichtenstein, 1823) in Recife, State of Pernambuco, Brazil
title_full_unstemmed A new case of envenomation by neotropical opisthoglyphous snake Philodryas olfersii (Lichtenstein, 1823) in Recife, State of Pernambuco, Brazil
title_short A new case of envenomation by neotropical opisthoglyphous snake Philodryas olfersii (Lichtenstein, 1823) in Recife, State of Pernambuco, Brazil
title_sort new case of envenomation by neotropical opisthoglyphous snake philodryas olfersii (lichtenstein, 1823) in recife, state of pernambuco, brazil
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7310373/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32578714
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0151-2020
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