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Observational studyToxins2022

Bites by Non-Native Reptiles in France: Species, Circumstances and Outcome.

Gaël Le Roux, Guillaume Grenet, Corinne Schmitt, French Poison Control Centers Research Group, Sébastien Larréché, Alexis Descatha

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Observational study in Toxins, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
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1 citing paper in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Gaël Le Roux'Grand Ouest' Poison Control Center, University Hospital of Angers, CEDEX 9, 49933 Angers, France.
Guillaume GrenetLyon Poison Control Center, HCL, 69003 Lyon, France.ORCID 0000-0002-5237-2581
Corinne Schmitt'Sud' Poison Control Center, APHM, 13005 Marseille, France.ORCID 0000-0001-6771-0144
French Poison Control Centers Research Group
Sébastien LarréchéDepartement of Medical Biology, Bégin Military Teaching Hospital, 94160 Saint-Mandé, France.
Alexis Descatha'Grand Ouest' Poison Control Center, University Hospital of Angers, CEDEX 9, 49933 Angers, France.ORCID 0000-0001-6028-3186
Inserm · FRUniversité Claude Bernard Lyon 1 · FRWashington Poison Center · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We aimed to make an exhaustive assessment of circumstances of bites by exotic reptiles bred in France. A retrospective observational study was conducted in all the reported cases from 2000 to 2020 in French poison control centers (PCCs). Two hundred and eighteen cases of bites were recorded. The sex ratio (M/F) of the patients was 1.79 and the mean age of the patients was 29.0 ± 15.8 years. Twenty-two cases (10.1%) occurred during the deep night. One hundred and eighty-six bites (85.7%) occurred in a private context; however, there were more cases of high severity when it occurred in a professional setting (60.0% vs. 11.2%, p < 0.01). The feeding/nursing activity accounted for 54.7% cases. Forty-three species of snake were identified; 28 were considered venomous. There were no deaths among the patients in the study. Most of the cases (85.8%) were of mild severity. All of the patients bitten by a venomous reptile were hospitalized: 10 patients received an antivenom; and 2 required surgery. Bites occurred at home and by a small number of popular non-venomous reptile species (pythons and boas, colubrids). These occurred mainly when handling the animals. The rare envenomations were mainly by Asian and American crotalids, followed by elapids. One-third of them were treated with antivenom when available.

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AntiveninsSnake BitesAnimalsHumansPoison Control CentersReptilesSnakesUnited StatesVenomsAntiveninsVenomsantivenomexotic reptilepoison control centersnakebite

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PMID36006232
PMCPMC9412768
OpenAlexW4292574966

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