Epidemiology of secondary infection after snakebites in center-west Brazil.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Snakebites represent a significant health problem in tropical countries, with an annual incidence of 2.7 million cases worldwide. The incidence of secondary infections after snake bites is also high and is usually caused by bacteria from the oral cavity of snakes. Morganella morganii has been identified as an important cause of infections and has been guiding antibiotic therapy in several regions of Brazil and the world.

Methodology/principal findings

We performed a retrospective cross-sectional evaluation of snakebites in hospitalized patients between January 2018 and November 2019 and selected those with secondary infection in their medical records. During the period, 326 cases of snakebites were treated, and 155 (47.5%) of them eventually had secondary infectio

SUBMITTER: Soares Coriolano Coutinho JV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10019779 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature