Purpose: Despite previous studies reporting the development of rhabdomyolysis (RM), this affliction tends to be neglected as an envenomation sign in South Korea. The current retrospective study investigates prevalence and prognosis RM after a snakebite. We further searched for predictors snakebite-induced RM, which can observed at presentation. Methods: This included 231 patients who presented ...

Venoms have evolved on numerous occasions throughout the animal kingdom. These 'biochemical weapon systems' typically function to facilitate, or protect the producing animal from, predation. Most venomous animals remain unstudied despite venoms providing model systems for investigating predator-prey interactions, molecular evolution, functional convergence, and novel targets for pharmaceutical ...

Peptide toxins synthesized by venomous animals have been extensively studied in the last decades. To be useful to the scientific community, this knowledge has been stored, annotated and made easy to retrieve by several databases. The aim of this article is to present what type of information users can access from each database. ArachnoServer and ConoServer focus on spider toxins and cone snail ...

BACKGROUND Sea-life with envenomation capabilities are quite abundant and diverse worldwide, being predominantly found in tropical waters. Most envenomations occur not as an attack, but as a result of self defense when the animal perceives danger; and often when locals or tourists are engaged in recreational activities. Most of these cases have only minor injuries, and few are fatal. OBJECTIV...

Objectives: Factors responsible for causing complications in venomous snakebites are unknown. The present study was planned to identify such factors. Material and Methods: This a prospective observational study. All patients presenting the emergency department between April 2016 August 2017 with meeting inclusion/exclusion criteria were enrolled. Patients divided into two groups based on presen...