title: Fatal multiple organ failure following massive hornet stings.
abstract: We describe a fatal outcome in a three-year-old child following massive stings by the oriental hornet (Vespa orientalis). The primary clinical features were coma, respiratory failure, coagulopathy, renal failure and liver dysfunction. On postmortem the main organs involved were brain, lungs, kidney and liver.
authors.affiliation: Soroka Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Watemberg
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Weizman
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shahak
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aviram
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Maor
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007299:Insect Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000209:etiology*; D011180:Postmortem Changes; D014863:Wasps / Q000502:physiology*