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High rate of immediate systemic hypersensitivity reactions to tiger snake antivenom
Author(s) -
Isbister Geoffrey K,
Tankel Alan,
White Julian,
Little Mark,
Brown Simon G,
Spain David J,
Gavaghan Chris F,
Currie Bart J
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00297.x
Subject(s) - charles darwin , general hospital , white (mutation) , medicine , history , management , family medicine , philosophy , biology , darwinism , epistemology , economics , biochemistry , gene
[Extract] To The Editor: During a national multicentre study of snake bites — the Australian Snakebite Project (ASP), involving over 40 hospitals — we have recently noted a high rate of early allergic reactions following the administration of tiger snake antivenom in Australia. People with suspected or definite snake envenoming are recruited to ASP, and laboratory and clinical data and serial blood samples are collected to measure venom and antivenom concentrations.