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Diagnostic imaging of injuries caused by venomous and traumatogenic catfish

open access: yesRevista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
: Injuries caused by fish are common in marine and freshwater environments. Catfish of the Ariidae and Pimelodidae families cause about 80% of those injuries.
Marcos Mendes de Barros Negreiros   +6 more
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Venomous bites and stings.

open access: yes, 1993
Travellers to tropical countries are often extremely concerned about the risk of bites and stings by venomous animals. This fear prompts many enquiries, usually at the last moment before departure, about the possibility of carrying first aid kits and ...
Fenner, PJ, Warrell, DA
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Allergies due to stings and bites of insects and arachnids.

open access: yes, 2016
Allergic reactions due to stings of Hymenoptera species, such as honeybees or yellow jackets, are well known as severe allergies with potentially fatal outcome.
Ollert, M.   +4 more
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Venomous bites and stings in Australia to 2005

open access: yes, 2008
This report describes the bites and stings due to contact with venomous animals and plants that resulted in a separation from an Australian hospital in the period 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2005.
Ian Byron
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Outbreak of vampire bat biting in a Venezuelan village Ocorrência de mordeduras de morcegos vampiros em um povoado da Venezuela

open access: yesRevista de Saúde Pública, 1996
An outbreak of 154 cases of vampire bat biting in a four-month period in the gold mine of Payapal, a Venezuelan village, is reported. All patients were bitten during the night and the most bites were on their toes.
Alejandro J. Caraballo H.
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Serious phlegmonous lesion of the hand following an injury by vegetal thorn: Never forget Pasteurella multocida!

open access: yesTrauma Case Reports, 2018
Pasteurella multocida can cause serious infections after dog or cat bite. We report here a rare case of hand infection caused by P. multocida consecutive to an injury by a thorn of the prickly pear.
A. Maleb   +8 more
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A snakebite caused by a bushmaster (Lachesis muta): report of a confirmed case in State of Pernambuco, Brazil

open access: yesRevista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2015
We report a case of envenomation caused by a bushmaster ( Lachesis muta) in a male child in State of Pernambuco, Brazil. The victim showed discrete local manifestations, but presented altered blood coagulation 2 hours after the bite.
Pedro Henrique Santana de Lima   +1 more
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Human envenomations caused by Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia physalis) in urban beaches of São Luis City, Maranhão State, Northeast Coast of Brazil

open access: yesRevista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
INTRODUCTION: The clinical and epidemiological aspects associated with Portuguese man-of-war envenomation were investigated and characterized. METHODS: Data from recorded envenomation events between 2005 and 2013 were provided by the GBMar (Group of ...
Denise Maria Ramalho Ferreira Bastos   +2 more
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An Analytical Study of Mammalian Bite Wounds Requiring Inpatient Management

open access: yesArchives of Plastic Surgery, 2013
Background Mammalian bite injuries create a public health problem because of their frequency, potential severity, and increasing number. Some researchers have performed fragmentary analyses of bite wounds caused by certain mammalian species.
Young-Geun Lee   +2 more
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A study of the frequency and incidence of scorpion stings

open access: yes, 1994
Five hundred and eight scorpion stings and 131 snakebites were recorded during the period 1986-1988 with a mortality rate of 0.17% and 2.3% respectivley.
AI-Sadoon,Mohamad K., Jarrar,Bashir M.
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