A comparative study of severe scorpion envenomation in children caused by Tityus bahiensis and Tityus serrulatus Estudo comparativo do envenenamento escorpiônico grave em crianças provocado por Tityus bahiensis e Tityus serrulatus

From January 1984 to May 1994, 17 of 239 children under 15 years old stung by Tityus serrulatus (15.1%) or Tityus bahiensis (84.9%) presented severe envenoming. Of these 17 patients (1-11 years old; median=2 yr) 14 were stung by T.serrulatus and three by T.bahiensis. All of them received scorpion an...

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Main Authors: Fábio Bucaretchi, Emílio CE Baracat, Roberto J.N. Nogueira, Aniel Chaves, Flávio A.D. Zambrone, Márcia R.C.C. Fonseca, Francis S Tourinho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1995-08-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651995000400008