SMJ articles in the category "rattlesnake"

Original Article

CME Article: Epidemiology and Characteristics of North American Crotalid Bites Reported to the National Poison Data System 2006–2020

Objectives: North American pit viper, or crotalid bites, remain a low-incidence and potentially high-consequence medical event. Although the venom of these snakes is known to cause tissue, hematologic, and neurologic toxicity, the published literature on North American crotalid bites remains limited. The National Poison Data System, the data repository for…

Posted in: antivenom 3 copperhead 2 envenomation 4 rattlesnake 2

Review Article

A Comprehensive Review of Disseminated Salmonella arizona Infection with an Illustrative Case Presentation

Salmonella arizona is known to cause infection in reptiles and other animals. Disseminated human infection is rare, except in the setting of a deficient immune system. The following is a unique account of disseminated infection including pericardial involvement. Unusual features include nonreptile vector transmission and eastern seaboard (rather than southwestern)…

Posted in: pericarditis 6 rattlesnake 2
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