Poisoning due to Philodryas olfersii (Lichtenstein, 1823) attended at Restauração Hospital in Recife, State of Pernambuco, Brazil: case report

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Juliana Mendes Correia²  Pedro De Lima Santana Neto¹  Milena Sardou Sabino Pinho¹  José Afrânio Da Silva¹  Maria Lucineide Porto Amorim¹  José Arturo Costa Escobar¹ 

[1] ,Federal University of Pernambuco Laboratory of Immunopathology Keizo Asami Recife PE

关键词: Snake bite;    Toxinology;    Colubridae;    Philodryas olfersii;    Acidente ofídico;    Toxinologia;    Colubridae;    Phylodryas olfersii;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0037-86822010000300025

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Few papers have been published on snake bites caused by Philodryas olfersii. We report here the first case identified at the Centro de Assistência Toxicológica do Hospital da Restauração, Recife, State of Pernambuco. This case was described based on medical protocols, interviewing the patient and identifying the animal that caused the bite. The patient presented pain, heat, erythema, edema and ecchymosis, without other laboratory abnormalities or coagulation disorders. The treatment consisted of administration of eight ampoules of antibothropic serum, and post-administration allergenic reactions were observed. The importance of bites by opistoglyph snakes needs to be reconsidered in research and at specialized treatment centers.

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