• J Paediatr Child Health · Mar 2012

    Case Reports

    A case of ant anaphylaxis.

    • Sam Mehr and Simon Brown.
    • Department of Allergy and Immunology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
    • J Paediatr Child Health. 2012 Mar 1;48(3):E101-4.

    AbstractA four-year-old girl developed anaphylaxis following ant stings at her parent's property in country New South Wales. The offending insect was identified by an entomologist as the green head ant. Ant sting anaphylactic reactions in Australia, the importance of identifying the offending insect following sting anaphylaxis and the signs of insect sting anaphylaxis are further discussed.© 2010 The Authors. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health © 2010 Paediatrics and Child Health Division (Royal Australasian College of Physicians).

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