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ACUTE-PHASE REACTIONS, INCLUDING CYTOKINES, IN PATIENTS BITTEN BY BOTHROPS AND CROTALUS SNAKES IN BRAZIL
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Autores: BARRAVIERA,B.; LOMONTE,B.; TARKOWSKI,A.; HANSON,L. Å.; MEIRA,D.A.
Thirty-one patients bitten by venomous snakes in Botucatu area (State of São Paulo - Brazil), sixteen by Bothrops spp. and fifteen by Crotalus durissus terrificus, were studied. The group comprised twenty-nine males and two females, ranging from fourteen to sixty-three years of age (mean 33 ± 15). Leukocytosis with neutrophilia and lymphopenia, increase of mucoproteins and C-reactive protein, decrease of total serum protein and albumin, were observed on the first day after the accident. In addition, increased serum levels of the cytokines IL-6 and IL-8, but not of IL-1&lt;FONT FACE="Symbol"&gt;b&lt;/FONT&gt; and TNF-&lt;FONT FACE="Symbol"&gt;a&lt;/FONT&gt;, were observed. The alterations were generally more intense in patients bitten by Crotalus durissus...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Snake venom; Acute-phase reactions; Cytokines; C-reactive protein; Inflammation.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-79301995000100003