title: Is the severity of Tityus serrulatus scorpion envenoming related to plasma venom concentrations?
abstract: Plasma venom concentrations were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay at the time of hospital admission in 56 patients stung by the scorpion Tityus serrulatus. According to clinical and laboratory manifestations patients were classified into two groups: patients with only local pain at the site of the sting (n = 37), and patients with systemic manifestations of envenoming (n = 19). Circulating venom concentrations of these two groups of patients were cross-tabulated and the results showed that patients with systemic manifestations of envenoming had significantly higher plasma venom concentrations than patients with only local pain at the site of the sting.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: de Rezende
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chavéz-Olortegui
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Amaral
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006801:Humans; D012604:Scorpion Venoms / Q000097:blood* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000506:poisoning; D012909:Snake Bites / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D012604:Scorpion Venoms