Incidence of serum sickness following Indian polyvalent antivenom therapy in a cohort of snake-envenomed patients in rural Sri Lanka

Serum sickness is a poorly reported delayed adverse reaction following snake antivenom therapy. We aimed to assess the frequency of serum sickness associated with administering Indian polyvalent antivenom in Sri Lanka. We recruited patients from the Anuradhapura snakebite cohort who were admitted to...

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Published in:	Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) Vol. ahead-of-print; no. ahead-of-print; pp. 1 - 6
Main Authors:	Waiddyanatha, Subodha, Silva, Anjana, Wedasingha, Supun, Siribaddana, Sisira, Isbister, Geoffrey K.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Taylor & Francis 03-07-2023
Subjects:	adverse reaction Animals Antivenins - adverse effects antivenom Incidence premedication Serum sickness Serum Sickness - chemically induced Serum Sickness - complications Serum Sickness - epidemiology Snake Bites - drug therapy Snake Bites - epidemiology Snake Venoms snakebite Snakes Sri Lanka - epidemiology Sri Lanka premedication adverse reaction antivenom Serum sickness snakebite
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