Tetanus after white-lipped green pit viper (Trimeresurus albolabris) bite

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 256-261

  Suankratay, Chusana ^a   Wilde, Henry ^b   Nunthapisud, Pongpun ^a   Khantipong, Mayuree ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b QUEEN SAOVABHA MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; DIAZEPAM; PENICILLIN G SODIUM; PREDNISOLONE; TETANUS ANTIBODY; TETANUS TOXOID; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DYSPHAGIA; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OROPHARYNX; RASH; SNAKEBITE; TETANUS; THAILAND; TRISMUS; URTICARIA;

EID: 0036913679     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032(2002)013[0256:TAWLGP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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