Beware of the Dragon: A Case Report of a Komodo Dragon Attack

Komodo dragon attacks are rare occurrences, especially in the United States. Attacks are believed to be highly infectious and venomous, leading to demise of its prey. We present a case of a 43-year-old female zookeeper attacked by an adult dragon leading to tendon and neurovascular injuries.

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Autores principales: Boyd, Brandon S., Colon, Felipe, Doty, Jesse F., Sanders, Kristopher C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8702757/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35097454
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/24730114211015623
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spelling pubmed-87027572022-01-28 Beware of the Dragon: A Case Report of a Komodo Dragon Attack Boyd, Brandon S. Colon, Felipe Doty, Jesse F. Sanders, Kristopher C. Foot Ankle Orthop Case Report Komodo dragon attacks are rare occurrences, especially in the United States. Attacks are believed to be highly infectious and venomous, leading to demise of its prey. We present a case of a 43-year-old female zookeeper attacked by an adult dragon leading to tendon and neurovascular injuries. SAGE Publications 2021-06-18 /pmc/articles/PMC8702757/ /pubmed/35097454 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/24730114211015623 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8702757/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35097454
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/24730114211015623
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