2020
DOI: 10.1590/1678-9199-jvatitd-2020-0038
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Abstract: Background: The Amazon basin is one of the seven major geographical areas where scorpionism is recorded. In French Guiana, 90 stings per 100,000 inhabitants are registered per year. As the severity of cases is higher in children, descriptive studies are needed to have a better understanding of this pathology. The aim of the present study is to describe pediatric scorpionism in French Guiana. Methods: We conducted a monocentric descriptive retrospective study on scorpion… Show more

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“…are prevalent, including T. obscurus ) present with a combination of cholinergic (including bradycardia, hypersecretion, and bronchoconstriction) and adrenergic (e.g. tachycardia, seizures) manifestations, in addition to neurological alterations [ 9 ]. Leukocytosis and hyperglycemia, known markers of poor prognosis in scorpionism [ 78 , 79 ], are also present in these cases.…”
Section: Physiopathology Of Amazonian Scorpion Envenomationmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…are prevalent, including T. obscurus ) present with a combination of cholinergic (including bradycardia, hypersecretion, and bronchoconstriction) and adrenergic (e.g. tachycardia, seizures) manifestations, in addition to neurological alterations [ 9 ]. Leukocytosis and hyperglycemia, known markers of poor prognosis in scorpionism [ 78 , 79 ], are also present in these cases.…”
Section: Physiopathology Of Amazonian Scorpion Envenomationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the case of Brazilian Amazonia, available antivenoms are those produced against T. serrulatus and an anti-arachnidic polyvalent serum against Phoneutria and Loxosceles spiders and Tityus venoms [ 8 , 51 , 53 ]. No antivenom is currently used in French Guiana against scorpion envenomation [ 9 ]. In Amazonian Venezuela, the anti- Tityus discrepans antivenom has been used to treat envenomation by T. breweri [ 15 ].…”
Section: Antivenom Neutralization Efficiency and Antigenicity Of Amazonian Scorpion Toxic Componentsmentioning
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“…Severe envenoming can occur in French Guiana and the French West Indies. In French Guiana, envenomation by Tityus obscurus in children under 12 years old can result in severe complications and even death [ 5 , 10 , 11 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 ]. In this population, 30% of envenomed patients show signs of severe complications, a proportion that increases to 60% in children under three years of age [ 45 ].…”
Section: Epidemiologymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In French Guiana, envenomation by Tityus obscurus in children under 12 years old can result in severe complications and even death [ 5 , 10 , 11 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 ]. In this population, 30% of envenomed patients show signs of severe complications, a proportion that increases to 60% in children under three years of age [ 45 ]. Indeed, cardiac symptoms were recorded in 82% of cases with general signs of envenomation.…”
Section: Epidemiologymentioning
confidence: 99%