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Snake bites in children Volume 24, issue 2, Avril-Mai-Juin 2014

Authors
1 Sanitation 1 Medical Academic Center, Bangkok Thailand
2 Visiting professor, Hainan Medical University, China; visiting professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Nis, Serbia
* Correspondance

Sir, the recent report on snake bites in children is very interesting [1]. Berdai et al. concluded that “immunotherapy adapted to the local species must be made available to improve the prognosis of this envenomation [1].” We would like to share our experience from Thailand, a tropical country with a high prevalence of snake bites. In fact, the use of antivenom immunotherapy might be an effective means for managing patients with envenomation. However, it also poses risks. Not all patients require [...]