Local envenoming by the Western hognose snake (Heterodon nasicus): A case report and review of medically significant Heterodon bites

Toxicon

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 354-360

  Weinstein, Scott A ^a,b   Keyler, Daniel E ^c,d  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Duvernoy's secretion; Envenoming; Heterodon; Hognose snake; Type I hypersensitivity

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTRIAXONE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE PLUS PARACETAMOL; LORATADINE;

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARM; CASE REPORT; ECCHYMOSIS; EDEMA; ENVENOMATION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FINGER; HETERODON NASICUS; HUMAN; LEFT ANTICUBITAL FOSSA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN SWELLING; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING; WRIST;

ADULT; ANIMALS; COLUBRIDAE; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; SNAKE BITES; SNAKE VENOMS;

COLUBRIDAE; HETERODON; HETERODON NASICUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 67649404581     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.04.015     Document Type: Short Survey

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