- Title
- Paroplocephalus envenoming: a previously unrecognised highly venomous snake in Australia
- Creator
- Allen, George E.; Wilson, Steve K.; Isbister, Geoffrey K.
- Relation
- Medical Journal of Australia Vol. 199, Issue 11, p. 792-793
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja13.10985
- Publisher
- Australasian Medical Publishing Company
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2013
- Description
- We report the first and only known case of envenoming by the Lake Cronin snake (Paroplocephalus atriceps), which is closely related to Hoplocephalus spp. A 24-year old man was bitten while photographing the holotype of the species. He developed venom-induced consumption coagulopathy but no neurotoxicity or myotoxicity, similar to the clinical features of Hoplocephalus envenoming. He was treated with polyvalent antivenom and made a full recovery.
- Subject
- envenoming; antivenom; Lake Cronin snake; coagulopathy
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1045313
- Identifier
- uon:14440
- Identifier
- ISSN:0025-729X
- Language
- eng
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