Giant Asian honeybee or Bambara stings causing myocardial infarction,bowel gangrene and fatal anaphy

• 作 者: Budagoda BDSS Kodikara KAS Kularatne WKS Mudiyanse RM Edussuriya DH Edirisinghe JP Karunaratne IP Weerakoon KGAD Medagedara SC Kularatne SAM
• 机 构: Department of Medicine,Faculty of Medicine,University of Peradeniya,Sri Lanka,\'Department of Fore
• 出 处: Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine
• 发表日期: 2010年07期
• 关键词: fatal Giant immediate sensitized Apis causing hazard proven allergic uncommon

The sting of Giant Asian honeybee(Apis dorsata) or Bambara in Sinhala and Kanmge Kulavi in Tamil is a common environmental hazard in Sri Lanka known to cause immediate allergic reactions,which could be fatal in sensitized individuals.We reported myocardial infarction, bowel gangrene and fatal anaphylaxis in a prospectively proven case series and the association of these uncommon complications with delayed removal of stingers from the patients’skin.

The sting of Giant Asian honeybee (Apis dorsata) or Bambara in Sinhala and Kanmge Kulavi in ​​Tamil is a common environmental hazard in Sri Lanka known to cause immediate allergic reactions, which could be fatal in sensitized individualss.We reported myocardial infarction, bowel gangrene and fatal anaphylaxis in a prospectively proven case series and the association of these uncommon complications with delayed removal of stingers from the patients’skin.