Infant death after nose-horned viper (Vipera ammodytes ammodytes) bite in Croatia: A case report.
A case of a 45-day-old male infant, bitten on the neck by nose-horned viper (Vipera ammodytes ammodytes), is reported. This episode occurred while the baby was on a picnic with his parents in a hill near a town in southern Croatia. In spite of immediate arrival at hospital, where antivenom was administrated and all the necessary treatment measures were carried out, the infant died 6 h following the bite. The cause of death was severe and progressive hyperkalaemia, massive intravascular haemolysis, severe coagulopathy and myocardial dysfunction.
Lukšić
Boris
B
Department of Infectious Diseases, Split University Hospital, Šoltanska 1, 21 000 Split, Croatia. boris.luksic1@st.t-com.hr
Culić
Viktor
V
Stričević
Luka
L
Brizić
Ivica
I
Poljak
Nikola K
NK
Tadić
Zoran
Z
D000818:Animals; D017523:Croatia; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012909:Snake Bites / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D017819:Viperidae