Acute-phase reactions, including cytokines, in patients bitten by Bothrops and Crotalus snakes in Brazil

 

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Autores: Barraviera, Benedito, Lomonte, Bruno, Tarkowski, Andrej, Hanson, Lars Ake, Meira, D. A.
Formato: artículo original
Fecha de Publicación:1995
Descripción:Thirty-one patients bitten by venomous snakes in Botucatu area (State of São Paulo - Brazil), sixteen by Bothrops spp. and fifteen by Crotalus durissus terrificus, were studied. The group comprised twenty-nine males and two females, ranging from fourteen to sixty-three years of age (mean 33 ± 15). Leukocytosis with neutrophilia and lymphopenia, increase of mucoproteins and C-reactive protein, decrease of total serum protein and albumin, were observed on the first day after the accident. In addition, increased serum levels of the cytokines IL-6 and IL-8, but not of IL-1b and TNF-a, were observed. The alterations were generally more intense in patients bitten by Crotalus durissus terrificus than by Bothrops spp. It is concluded that these snakebite envenomations closely resemble an acute trauma, inducing a typical acute-phase response.
País:Kérwá
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Kérwá
OAI Identifier:oai:https://www.kerwa.ucr.ac.cr:10669/73324
Acceso en línea:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-79301995000100003&lng=en&tlng=en
https://hdl.handle.net/10669/73324
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Palabra clave:Bothrops
Crotalus
Cytokines