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Case report • Rev. Inst. Med. trop. S. Paulo 42 (5) • Oct 2000 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652000000500008 linkcopy

Open-access Envenomation by the neotropical colubrid Boiruna maculata (Boulenger, 1896): a case report

Envenenamento por Colubrídeo Neotropical Boiruna maculata (Boulenger, 1896): registro de um caso

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    Abstracts

    This is a case report of a Boiruna maculata snake bite in a child admitted to the Hospital Municipal de Pronto Socorro de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. The patient was bitten on the lower left limb, and exhibited pronounced local manifestations of envenomation. She was treated with Bothrops antivenom and was discharged from the hospital five days later with marked improvement of envenomation.

    Boiruna maculata; Human envenomation; Snake bites; Symptoms

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