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Cardiogenic shock requiring VA‐ECMO therapy in scorpionism‐induced myocarditis

ESC Heart Failure, Volume 12, Issue 5, Page 3780-3784, October 2025.
Alba I. Violino, María Alicia Lozano, Rocio Garcia Moralez, Juan P. Ricarte‐Bratti, Julieta Lozita, Elizabeth Y. Ravinovich   +5 more
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Study of the Acute Toxicity of Scorpion Leiurus macroctenus Venom in Rats

The Scientific World Journal, Volume 2024, Issue 1, 2024.
Background. The expansion of the territory of human habitation leads to inevitable interference in the natural range of distribution of one or another species of animals, some of which may be dangerous for human life. Scorpions—the Arachnida class and order Scorpiones—can be considered as such typical representatives.
Valery Gunas, Oleksandr Maievskyi, Nataliia Raksha, Tetiana Vovk, Oleksiy Savchuk, Serhii Shchypanskyi, Igor Gunas, Raimo Pohjanvirta   +7 more
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Snakebite Envenomation From the Large Palearctic Viper, Macrovipera razii (Squamata: Serpentes; Viperidae), in Fars Province, Southern Iran

Journal of Tropical Medicine, Volume 2024, Issue 1, 2024.
Snakebites are a significant health issue, especially in tropical and subtropical regions. Envenomation from snakebites is a clinical emergency requiring prompt treatment. Recently, a new species of blunt‐nosed viper, Macrovipera razii, was identified in central and southern Iran through morphological and molecular studies.
Saeed Shahabi, Kourosh Azizi, Aboozar Soltani, Azim Paksa, Mohammad Djaefar Moemenbellah-Fard, Mohsen Kalantari, Rajib Chowdhury   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multiple anti-predator mechanisms in the red-spotted Argentina Frog (Amphibia: Hylidae) [PDF]

, 2017
Anurans employ a wide variety of anti-predator mechanisms to defend themselves. In casque-headed hylids, defence is thought to be a complex combination of several anti-predator mechanisms. However, the defence traits of only a few species are known; some
Alcalde, Leandro, Cajade, Rodrigo, Fusco, Luciano Sebastian, Hermida, Gladys Noemí, Marangoni, Federico, Piñeiro, Jose Miguel, Regueira, Eleonora   +6 more
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Echocardiographic changes during acute pulmonary edema subsequent to scorpion sting

Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2012
Acute pulmonary edema (APE) occurring after scorpion sting is the leading cause of death of the victims of scorpion envenomation. The APE origin is still questioned by physicians treating these patients.
K Delma
doaj   +1 more source

Insights into the Hypertensive Effects of Tityus serrulatus Scorpion Venom: Purification of an Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme-Like Peptidase

Toxins, 2016
The number of cases of envenomation by scorpions has grown significantly in Brazil since 2007, with the most severe cases being caused by the Tityus serrulatus scorpion. Although envenomed patients mostly suffer neurotoxic manifestations, other symptoms,
Daniela Cajado-Carvalho, Alexandre Kazuo Kuniyoshi, Bruno Duzzi, Leo Kei Iwai, Úrsula Castro de Oliveira, Inácio de Loiola Meirelles Junqueira de Azevedo, Roberto Tadashi Kodama, Fernanda Vieira Portaro   +7 more
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Munchausen syndrome as scorpion biting: a misdiagnosis [PDF]

, 2018
Factitious disorder as Munchausen syndrome is a time and money consuming condition that is presented with different signs and symptoms. In emergent situations, it is not a differential diagnosis with high priority, but when it becomes recurrent with ...
Reza Bidaki1,2, Mehrdad Roozbeh3* , Mohamad Amin Sharifi3 , Seye,
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An in vitro Comparative study upon the Hemolytic, Thrombogenic, Coagulation parameters and Stability properties of the Hemiscorpius lepturus Venom [PDF]

, 2014
Hemiscorpius lepturus belonging to Hemiscorpiidae family is the most venomous of all types of scorpion existing in south west of Iran causing hemoglobinuria and dermal lesions by envenomation.
a, Zare Mirakabadi, n, Seyedian, r, Mansury, r, Seyedian, s, Gharibi, s, Kamyab, s.m, Hoseiny   +6 more
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Characterisation of three alpha-helical antimicrobial peptides from the venom of Scorpio maurus palmatus. [PDF]

, 2016
Scorpion venoms provide a rich source of anti-microbial peptides. Here we characterise three from the venom of Scorpion maurus palmatus. Smp13 is biologically inactive, despite sharing homology with other antimicrobial peptides, probably because it lacks
Abdel-Rahman, Andrews, Bahar, Baumann, Bobone, Calvete, Corzo, Dai, Dempsey, Gajski, Galanth, Glukhov, Hancock, Harrison, Hilliard, Holak, Huang, Jenssen, Jiang, Kaduk, Keith Miller, Kobayashi, Livermore, Ludtke, Matsuzaki, Melo, Moerman, Mohamed A. Abdel-Rahman, Mohamed M. Tawfik, Nelson, Nomura, Nomura, Park, Park, Patrick L. Harrison, Peter N. Strong, Powers, Rodríguez, Rodríguez, Shai, Shin, Sreerama, Teixeira, Torres-Larios, Urban, Whitmore, Yamaguchi, Yeaman, Yonezawa, Zasloff, Zasloff, Zeng, Zhang   +52 more
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Scorpion Toxin, BmP01, Induces Pain by Targeting TRPV1 Channel

Toxins, 2015
The intense pain induced by scorpion sting is a frequent clinical manifestation. To date, there is no established protocol with significant efficacy to alleviate the pain induced by scorpion envenomation.
Md Abdul Hakim, Wenbin Jiang, Lei Luo, Bowen Li, Shilong Yang, Yuzhu Song, Ren Lai   +6 more
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