Envenomation by the scorpion Tityus breweri in the Guayana Shield, Venezuela: Report of a case, efficacy and reactivity of antivenom, and proposal for a toxinological partitioning of the Venezuelan scorpion fauna

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 282-290

  Borges, Adolfo ^a   Rojas Runjaic, Fernando J M ^b   Diez, Nardy ^c   Faks, José G ^c   Op Den Camp, Huub J M ^d   De Sousa, Leonardo ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b La Salle Foundation for Natural Sciences   (Venezuela)

^c Biotechnology Center   (Venezuela)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Guayana; scorpion toxin; scorpion venom; scorpionism; Tityus; Tityus breweri; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; SCORPION VENOM; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PATHOGENICITY; SCORPION; SPIDER BITE; VENEZUELA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; ARACHNIDISM; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; VENEZUELA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650320139     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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