Severe neurotoxic envenoming and cardiac complications after the bite of a 'Sind Krait' (Bungarus cf. sindanus) in Maharashtra, India

Tropical Medicine and Health

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 103-108

  Pillai, Lalitha V ^a   Ambike, Dhananjay ^a   Husainy, Saifuddin ^a   Khaire, Anil ^b   Captain, Ashok ^c   Kuch, Ulrich ^d  

^a Lokmanya Hospital   (India)

^b PCMC Zoo   (India)

^c Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre ^*

^d BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antivenom; Bungarus cf. sindanus; Envenoming; India; Maharashtra; Neurotoxic; Snake

Indexed keywords

FUROSEMIDE; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BUNGARUS; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENVENOMATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INDIA; LABORATORY TEST; LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; PARALYSIS; SIND KRAIT; SNAKEBITE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84871463750     PISSN: 13488945     EISSN: 13494147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2149/tmh.2012-08c     Document Type: Article

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