Wasp stings with multisystem dysfunction.
The insect order of Hymenoptera includes bees, hornets, wasps and fire-ants. Their stings are not usually life threatening, causing mainly local reactions and rarely anaphylaxis. This is a report of an 18 month old child who survived after an unusually severe envenomation, resulting in encephalopathy, hypertension, coagulopathy, intra-vascular hemolysis, hepatic and renal failure, following multiple wasp stings.
Pramanik
Shanto
S
Department of Pediatrics, Calcutta Medical Research Institute, 7/2 Diamond Harbour Road, Kolkata, India.
Banerjee
Sushmita
S
D000707:Anaphylaxis / Q000209:etiology*; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007299:Insect Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D014863:Wasps