| Thirty six patients, with varying degrees of severity of envenomation, because of envenomation by _Hemiscorpius lepturus_ scorpion, were systematically investigated. The serum levels (by double-ligand ELIZA kit) of interlukin-1 (IL-1), interlukin-6 (IL-6), interlukin-8 (IL-8) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF- α) were compared with 30 healthy controls and 10 age-matched patients envenomed by _Mesobuthus eupeus_ scorpion. Blood samples from _M. eupeus_ and _H. lepturus_ victims were taken on admission and once more after 6 hr after serotherapy with multivalent antivenom from _H. lepturus_ envenomed subjects. The results suggest that, unlike _M. eupeus_, the toxic manifestations observed following H lepturus may be associated with increase... |
