Antivenom ineffectiveness in <i>Echis carinatus sochureki</i> envenoming: a five-year, single-centre experience from India
Our study highlights the alarming finding of poor antivenom response to E. c. sochureki envenoming, with significant clinical bleeding and delayed coagulopathy. There is an urgent need for region-specific antivenom in Western India.
Authors
- Maya Gopalakrishnan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0661-9854)
- Mahendra Kumar Garg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9938-5024)
- Bharat Choudhary (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4289-4415)
- Divya Tanwar
- Akhılesh Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5914-010X)
- Samarth Bhat KS
Institutions
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences Jodhpur (IN)
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital (IN)
- Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Published
- 2024-10-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae111
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.20