Failure of a new antivenom to treat Echis ocellatus snake bite in rural Ghana: the importance of quality surveillance

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 445-450

  Visser, L E ^a   Kyei Faried, S ^b   Belcher, D W ^c   Geelhoed, D W ^d   van Leeuwen, J Schagen ^e   van Roosmalen, J ^f,g  

^a Mathias Hospital   (Ghana)

^b Regional Health Directorate   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^d ICRH ^*  (Mozambique)

^e ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^f LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antivenom; Carpet viper; Envenomation; Evaluation; Ghana; Snake bite

Indexed keywords

ASNA ANTIVENOM C; FAV AFRIQUE; HEMOGLOBIN; SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AFRICA; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; RURAL AREA; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; MALE; RURAL HEALTH; SNAKE BITES; TREATMENT FAILURE; VIPER VENOMS; VIPERIDAE;

ECHIS OCELLATUS; ECHIS PYRAMIDUM;

EID: 41749093483     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.11.006     Document Type: Article

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