A rare case of severe intoxication from multiple bee stings with a favorable outcome.
A 73-year old female of no allergic diathesis was attacked by bees and stung all over her body accidentally sustaining more than 518 stings for a very short time. Severe acute poisoning developed from the bee venom, manifested by coma, rhabdomyolysis, toxic hepatitis, acute renal failure, gastric hemorrhage and anemia. Following an active treatment the patient recovered. Literature search shows this to be a rare case of survival after multiple bee stings.
Clinic of Toxicology and Active Treatment, St George University Hospital, Medical University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria. yanko54@abv.bg
Yanko T
YT
Iliev
Stoilka G
SG
Tufkova
Maria G
MG
Prancheva
D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D000740:Anemia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology; D001514:Bee Venoms / Q000633:toxicity*; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D003128:Coma / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007299:Insect Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D012206:Rhabdomyolysis / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology
D001514:Bee Venoms