TY - JOUR PY - 2018// TI - Nephrotoxicity in krait bite: a rare case series of three fatalities in consecutive bites by a single snake JO - Egyptian journal of forensic sciences A1 - Sarkar, Naren A1 - Basu, Souvik A1 - Chandra, Preeti A1 - Chowdhuri, Soumeek A1 - Mukhopadhyay, Partha Pratim SP - e12 EP - e12 VL - 8 IS - 1 N2 - Death due to poisonous snakebite is a formidable health hazard. It is a matter of concern especially in agrarian countries. Clinically snakebite envenomation are neurotoxic and vasculotoxic. Krait (Bungarus faciatus) Venom is essentially neurotoxic.Nephrotoxicity in krait bite is an important issue that has been less studied and reported.

Language: en

LA - en SN - 2090-536X UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41935-018-0040-3 ID - ref1 ER -