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Kambo Frog Poison as a Cause of Esophageal Rupture

The authors present a case of a patient who used Kambo frog poison for body cleansing that induced severe vomiting and led to esophageal rupture followed by tension pneumothorax and septic shock. Kambo is the waxy substance secreted by the nocturnal giant tree frog Phyllomedusa bicolor. Kambo, which...

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Autores principales: Robalino Gonzaga, Ernesto S, Chamorro, Maria, Ganti, Latha, Schneider, Robert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7592631/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33133843
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10677

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