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Case Report: Acute Kidney Failure due to Massive Envenomation of a Two-Year-Old Child Caused by Killer Bee Stings

A hybrid species of Brazilian bee has proliferated on the South American continent since 1956. We describe a “killer bee” swarm attack on a 2-year-old girl in French Guiana. The patient weighed 10 kg, and approximately hundreds of bees’ stingers were removed, that is, 10 stings/kg. Our patient survi...

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Autores principales: Geoffroy, Swann, Fremery, Alexis, Lambert, Yann, Marty, Christian, Elenga, Narcisse
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8274777/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33970887
http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-1276