FATAL MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE FOLLOWING MASSIVE HORNET STINGS

Authors
WATEMBERG N WEIZMAN Z SHAHAK E AVIRAM M MAOR E
Citation
N. Watemberg et al., FATAL MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE FOLLOWING MASSIVE HORNET STINGS, Journal of toxicology. Clinical toxicology, 33(5), 1995, pp. 471-474
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Toxicology
Journal title
Journal of toxicology. Clinical toxicology → ACNP
ISSN journal
07313810
Volume
33
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
471 - 474
Database
ISI
SICI code
0731-3810(1995)33:5<471:FMOFFM>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
We describe a fatal outcome in a three-year-old child following massiv e stings by the oriental hornet (Vespa orientalis). The primary clinic al features were coma, respiratory failure, coagulopathy, renal failur e and liver dysfunction. On postmortem the main organs involved were b rain, lungs, kidneys and liver.