Forensic identification of a fatal snakebite from Bungarus multicinctus (Chinese krait) by pathological and toxicological findings: a case report.
Bungarus multicinctus
ELISA
Forensic pathology
Forensic toxicology
Snakebite
Journal
Forensic science, medicine, and pathology
ISSN: 1556-2891
Titre abrégé: Forensic Sci Med Pathol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101236111
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
12 2022
12 2022
Historique:
accepted:
09
08
2022
pubmed:
1
9
2022
medline:
9
11
2022
entrez:
31
8
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Bungarus multicinctus (B. multicinctus) is one of the top ten venomous snakes in China, ranking first in lethality at 26.9-33.3%. However, to our knowledge, no forensic autopsy-related cases of death from B. multicinctus bite poisoning have been reported. There are surprisingly few reported cases of death from poisoning by other species of neurotoxic snakes. Neurotoxic snake venom is often highly toxic, and death can quickly occur when bitten in the wild if victims are not taken to a doctor in time. We presented a case of an adult female in Fujian Province of China who was bitten by a poisonous snake while digging for bamboo shoots in the mountains and died from the bite of B. multicinctus confirmed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) results. The autopsy's results, histopathological findings, and ELISA results reported here can be helpful for future forensic practice in B. multicinctus venom poisoning; we also briefly review the pathological changes of neurotoxin poisoning, which may be useful in other types of neurotoxin snake venom poisoning.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36045276
doi: 10.1007/s12024-022-00517-x
pii: 10.1007/s12024-022-00517-x
doi:
Substances chimiques
Neurotoxins
0
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
497-502Informations de copyright
© 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
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