Pediatric emergency care
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Pediatric emergency care · Jan 2005
Envenomation by the Northern Blacktail Rattlesnake (Crotalus molossus molossus): case report.
The clinical course after a human envenomation by the Northern Blacktail rattlesnake (Crotalus molossus molossus) is not well described in the literature. The present report discusses a 12-year-old girl who was envenomated by C. molossus molossus and treated with antivenom (Crotalidae polyvalent immune Fab). ⋯ Hematologic and coagulation studies were within normal limits at follow up. The clinical effects of C. molossus molossus envenomation are reviewed, and previous reports of bites by C. molossus molossus are discussed and compared with our patient.