Envenomation by the Green Bush Viper Atheris squamigera
The Green Bush Viper, Atheris squamigera, is native to West and Central Africa and has few well reported envenomations. Bite victims experience dizziness, nausea, headache, regional lymphadenopathy, and localized edema. Most reports also detail severe effects including thrombocytopenia, coagulopathy...
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| author | Sam T. Ontiveros Priya Srihari Garret A. Winkler Jake Del Rosso Julia Sobel Richard F. Clark Alicia B. Minns |
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| description | The Green Bush Viper, Atheris squamigera, is native to West and Central Africa and has few well reported envenomations. Bite victims experience dizziness, nausea, headache, regional lymphadenopathy, and localized edema. Most reports also detail severe effects including thrombocytopenia, coagulopathy, hemolysis, hemorrhage, or renal failure. Fatalities are reported, but poorly described. There is no specific antivenom for A. squamigera, but non-species specific antivenom has been reported helpful in several cases. We report the case of a 36-year-old woman who was bitten by a green bush viper and was treated with several non-species specific antivenoms. There were no complications to antivenom administration and the patient experienced a milder envenomation than detailed in previous reports. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ad57406220294c5b8a23bad6cc30a9ae2022-12-22T03:00:17ZengElsevierToxicology Reports2214-75002022-01-01920182019Envenomation by the Green Bush Viper Atheris squamigeraSam T. Ontiveros0Priya Srihari1Garret A. Winkler2Jake Del Rosso3Julia Sobel4Richard F. Clark5Alicia B. Minns6Division of Medical Toxicology, Department of Emergency Medicine, MUSC, Charleston, USA; Correspondence to: 169 Ashley Avenue, MSC 300 Room NT265, Charleston, SC 29425, USA.Department of Emergency Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, USADivision of Medical Toxicology, Department of Emergency Medicine, UCSD, San Diego, USADivision of Medical Toxicology, Department of Emergency Medicine, UCSD, San Diego, USADivision of Medical Toxicology, Department of Emergency Medicine, UCSD, San Diego, USADivision of Medical Toxicology, Department of Emergency Medicine, UCSD, San Diego, USADivision of Medical Toxicology, Department of Emergency Medicine, UCSD, San Diego, USAThe Green Bush Viper, Atheris squamigera, is native to West and Central Africa and has few well reported envenomations. Bite victims experience dizziness, nausea, headache, regional lymphadenopathy, and localized edema. Most reports also detail severe effects including thrombocytopenia, coagulopathy, hemolysis, hemorrhage, or renal failure. Fatalities are reported, but poorly described. There is no specific antivenom for A. squamigera, but non-species specific antivenom has been reported helpful in several cases. We report the case of a 36-year-old woman who was bitten by a green bush viper and was treated with several non-species specific antivenoms. There were no complications to antivenom administration and the patient experienced a milder envenomation than detailed in previous reports.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214750022002165Bush ViperVenomAntivenomAntivenin |
| spellingShingle | Sam T. Ontiveros Priya Srihari Garret A. Winkler Jake Del Rosso Julia Sobel Richard F. Clark Alicia B. Minns Envenomation by the Green Bush Viper Atheris squamigera Toxicology Reports Bush Viper Venom Antivenom Antivenin |
| title | Envenomation by the Green Bush Viper Atheris squamigera |
| title_full | Envenomation by the Green Bush Viper Atheris squamigera |
| title_fullStr | Envenomation by the Green Bush Viper Atheris squamigera |
| title_full_unstemmed | Envenomation by the Green Bush Viper Atheris squamigera |
| title_short | Envenomation by the Green Bush Viper Atheris squamigera |
| title_sort | envenomation by the green bush viper atheris squamigera |
| topic | Bush Viper Venom Antivenom Antivenin |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214750022002165 |
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