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...
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 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2020-04-01
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Series: | Toxins |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/12/4/240 |
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