Spontaneous recovery from severe neurotoxic envenoming by a Malayan krait Bungarus candidns (linnaeus) in Thailand

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 223-225

  Pochanugool, Charn ^a   Wilde, Henry ^a,b   Jitapunkul, Sutichai ^a   Limthongkul, Sakschai ^a  

^a KING CHULALONGKORN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^b QUEEN SAOVABHA MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Elapidae; Respiratory failure; Snake bite

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; EDROPHONIUM CHLORIDE; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROTOXICITY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SNAKEBITE; THAILAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031415716     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032(1997)008[0223:SRFSNE]2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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