Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 98, Issue 9 , Pages 529-534, September 2004

Failure of chloramphenicol prophylaxis to reduce the frequency of abscess formation as a complication of envenoming by Bothrops snakes in Brazil: a double-blind randomized controlled trial

  • M.T Jorge

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Clı́nica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil
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  • C Malaque

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Vital Brazil, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • L.A Ribeiro

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Clı́nica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil
    • ,
  • H.W Fan

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Vital Brazil, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • J.L.C Cardoso

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Vital Brazil, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • S.A Nishioka

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Clı́nica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil
    • ,
  • I.S Sano-Martins

      Affiliations

    • Laboratório de Fisiopatologia, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • F.O.S França

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Vital Brazil, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • A.S Kamiguti

      Affiliations

    • Department of Haematology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
    • ,
  • R.D.G Theakston

      Affiliations

    • Alistair Reid Venom Research Unit, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK
    • ,
  • D.A Warrell

      Affiliations

    • Alistair Reid Venom Research Unit, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK
    • Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Fax: +44-1865-220-984.

Received 28 May 2003; received in revised form 15 December 2003; accepted 16 December 2003.

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PII: S0035-9203(04)00085-9

doi:10.1016/j.trstmh.2003.12.009

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 98, Issue 9 , Pages 529-534, September 2004

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