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| Strauch,Marcelo Abrahão; Souza,Guilherme Jones; Pereira,Jordana Nahar; Ramos,Tyelli dos Santos; Cesar,Marcelo Oliveira; Tomaz,Marcelo Amorim; Monteiro-Machado,Marcos; Patrão-Neto,Fernando Chagas; Melo,Paulo A.. |
| Abstract Background Bites provoked by the genus Micrurus represent less than 1% of snakebite cases notified in Brazil, a tiny fraction compared with other genus such as Bothrops and Crotalus, which together represent almost 80% of accidents. In addition to their less aggressive behavior, habits and morphology of coral snakes are determinant factors for such low incidence of accidents. Although Micrurus bites are rare, victims must be rescued and hospitalized in a short period of time, because this type of envenoming may evolve to a progressive muscle weakness and acute respiratory failure. Case Presentation We report an accident caused by Micrurus corallinus involving a 28-year-old Caucasian sailor man bitten on the hand. The accident occurred in a... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/report |
Palavras-chave: Coral snake; Envenoming; Micrurus spp.; Snakebites; Ophidism. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992018000100501 |
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