Black ant stings caused by Pachycondyla sennaarensis: A significant health hazard

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 207-211

  AlAnazi, Marzouqah ^a   AlAshahrani, Mohammad ^a   Alsalamah, Majid ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY RASH; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DETERIORATION; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ERYTHEMA; FACE EDEMA; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INJURY SEVERITY; INSECT BITE; INSECT STING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RESTLESSNESS; SAUDI ARABIA; SWELLING; URTICARIA; ANIMAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG COMBINATION; FOLLOW UP; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADRENERGIC AGONISTS; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; ANTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 69449085555     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 13199226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2009.207     Document Type: Article

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