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Hemorrhagic stroke following snake bite in Burkina Faso (West Africa). A case series

BACKGROUND: Snake bites remain a major medical problem in West Africa, and hemorrhagic stroke following a snakebite has emerged as a rare secondary condition. The objective of this study was to determine the neurological complications following snake bite. METHODS: This study included all the cases...

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Autores principales: Dabilgou, Alfred Anselme, Sondo, Apoline, Dravé, Alassane, Diallo, Ismael, Kyelem, Julie Marie Adeline, Napon, Christian, Kaboré, Jean
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8408925/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34465389
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40794-021-00150-6
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author Dabilgou, Alfred Anselme
Sondo, Apoline
Dravé, Alassane
Diallo, Ismael
Kyelem, Julie Marie Adeline
Napon, Christian
Kaboré, Jean
author_facet Dabilgou, Alfred Anselme
Sondo, Apoline
Dravé, Alassane
Diallo, Ismael
Kyelem, Julie Marie Adeline
Napon, Christian
Kaboré, Jean
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description BACKGROUND: Snake bites remain a major medical problem in West Africa, and hemorrhagic stroke following a snakebite has emerged as a rare secondary condition. The objective of this study was to determine the neurological complications following snake bite. METHODS: This study included all the cases of hemorrhagic stroke following snake bite admitted in the neurology Department of Yalgado Ouedraogo University Teaching Hospital during the period from January 1st, 2018 to December 31st 2019. RESULTS: Three cases of hemorrhagic stroke following snake bite were included in the study. The strokes occurred 4–15 days after the snakebite. Traditional treatment was applied in two cases. Complications were significant, including local manifestations and severe anemia in 2 patients who received blood transfusion. Snake anti-venom was applied. At admission, motor deficit, conscience disorders and fever were the most frequent complaints. Patients received repeated dose of snake anti-venom was applied, antitetanus prophylaxis and antibiotherapy during hospitalization. The majority of the patients had completely recovered. CONCLUSIONS: Hemorrhagic stroke following snake bites are rare in Burkina Faso. Clinical outcome of stroke was favorable after treatment by antivenom, anti-tetanus serum and antibiotics.
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spelling pubmed-84089252021-09-02 Hemorrhagic stroke following snake bite in Burkina Faso (West Africa). A case series Dabilgou, Alfred Anselme Sondo, Apoline Dravé, Alassane Diallo, Ismael Kyelem, Julie Marie Adeline Napon, Christian Kaboré, Jean Trop Dis Travel Med Vaccines Case Report BACKGROUND: Snake bites remain a major medical problem in West Africa, and hemorrhagic stroke following a snakebite has emerged as a rare secondary condition. The objective of this study was to determine the neurological complications following snake bite. METHODS: This study included all the cases of hemorrhagic stroke following snake bite admitted in the neurology Department of Yalgado Ouedraogo University Teaching Hospital during the period from January 1st, 2018 to December 31st 2019. RESULTS: Three cases of hemorrhagic stroke following snake bite were included in the study. The strokes occurred 4–15 days after the snakebite. Traditional treatment was applied in two cases. Complications were significant, including local manifestations and severe anemia in 2 patients who received blood transfusion. Snake anti-venom was applied. At admission, motor deficit, conscience disorders and fever were the most frequent complaints. Patients received repeated dose of snake anti-venom was applied, antitetanus prophylaxis and antibiotherapy during hospitalization. The majority of the patients had completely recovered. CONCLUSIONS: Hemorrhagic stroke following snake bites are rare in Burkina Faso. Clinical outcome of stroke was favorable after treatment by antivenom, anti-tetanus serum and antibiotics. BioMed Central 2021-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8408925/ /pubmed/34465389 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40794-021-00150-6 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
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Sondo, Apoline
Dravé, Alassane
Diallo, Ismael
Kyelem, Julie Marie Adeline
Napon, Christian
Kaboré, Jean
Hemorrhagic stroke following snake bite in Burkina Faso (West Africa). A case series
title Hemorrhagic stroke following snake bite in Burkina Faso (West Africa). A case series
title_full Hemorrhagic stroke following snake bite in Burkina Faso (West Africa). A case series
title_fullStr Hemorrhagic stroke following snake bite in Burkina Faso (West Africa). A case series
title_full_unstemmed Hemorrhagic stroke following snake bite in Burkina Faso (West Africa). A case series
title_short Hemorrhagic stroke following snake bite in Burkina Faso (West Africa). A case series
title_sort hemorrhagic stroke following snake bite in burkina faso (west africa). a case series
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8408925/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34465389
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40794-021-00150-6
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