| clinical syndromes associated with viperidae family snake envenomation in southwestern colombia. | in southwestern colombia there is a notable variety of snakes that belong to the viperidae family (vipers). the particular clinical manifestation related to species is poorly reported. | 2020 | 32879965 |
| envenomation by bothrops punctatus in southwestern colombia. | bothrops punctatus (chocoan forest lancehead) is a semi-arboreal pitviper species distributed in panamá, colombia, and ecuador, whose human envenomation is poorly characterized. we describe two patients bitten by b. punctatus, whose most relevant clinical feature was the development of a severe coagulopathy with few local manifestations (mild edema without signs of necrosis) at the site of the bite. patients quickly improved their clinical and laboratory abnormalities after polyvalent antivenom ... | 2016 | 27845059 |
| snake venomics of bothrops punctatus, a semiarboreal pitviper species from antioquia, colombia. | bothrops punctatus is an endangered, semi-arboreal pitviper species distributed in panamá, colombia, and ecuador, whose venom is poorly characterized. in the present work, the protein composition of this venom was profiled using the 'snake venomics' analytical strategy. decomplexation of the crude venom by rp-hplc and sds-page, followed by tandem mass spectrometry of tryptic digests, showed that it consists of proteins assigned to at least nine snake toxin families. metalloproteinases are predom ... | 2014 | 24498576 |