Do Antibiotics Potentiate Proteases in Hemotoxic Snake Venoms?

Do Antibiotics Potentiate Proteases in Hemotoxic Snake Venoms?

Antibiotics are often administered with antivenom following snakebite envenomings in order to avoid secondary bacterial infections. However, to this date, no studies have evaluated whether antibiotics may have undesirable potentiating effects on snake venom. Herein, we demonstrate that four commonly...

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Main Authors: Christoffer V. Sørensen, Cecilie Knudsen, Ulrich auf dem auf dem Keller, Konstantinos Kalogeropoulos, Cristina Gutiérrez-Jiménez, Manuela B. Pucca, Eliane C. Arantes, Karla C. F. Bordon, Andreas H. Laustsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-04-01
Series:Toxins
Subjects:
snakebite envenoming
venom
antibiotics
snake venom serine proteases
snake venom metalloproteases
infection
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/12/4/240

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