2021
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-1432
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Case Report: “Killer Bee” Swarm Attacks in French Guiana: The Importance of Prompt Care

Abstract: Abstract.In French Guiana, a French overseas region partly located in the Amazon, “Africanized” bees, a hybrid species of Brazilian bees known as “killer bees,” have been observed since 1975. Since then, several cases requiring long hospitalization times have been described, allowing for a better understanding of the physiopathological mechanisms of this particular envenomation. Here, we report on a series of 10 cases of patients simultaneously attacked by hundreds of killer bees and immediately treated by a p… Show more

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“…Young children are particularly vulnerable [ 15 , 16 ]. However, hundreds of stings can be survived without harm with timely symptomatic intervention [ 17 ].…”
Section: Triggers Clinic and Epidemiology Of Exaggerated Sting Reactionsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Young children are particularly vulnerable [ 15 , 16 ]. However, hundreds of stings can be survived without harm with timely symptomatic intervention [ 17 ].…”
Section: Triggers Clinic and Epidemiology Of Exaggerated Sting Reactionsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Celle-ci dépose lors de la piqûre une phéromone (2-heptanone) qui attire les autres abeilles et entraîne une attaque en masse de nombreuses abeilles pouvant poursuivre la victime sur de longues distances (environ 800 m) [ 127 ]. Il est donc possible de voir des patients avec de nombreuses piqûres (> 500), et de nombreuses victimes en même temps, comme cela a été rapporté en Guyane [ 144 , 145 ]. La classification de Schmidt semble la plus adaptée pour décrire le niveau de sévérité [ 338 ].…”
Section: Pathologies Tropicales Non Infectieusesunclassified
“…Sin embargo, la degranulación de mastocitos puede ocurrir por otros mecanismos, dentro de los que se conocen el papel de los péptidos del complemento (C3a-C5a) (18) y algunos componentes de las apitoxinas (péptido degranulador de mastocitos, MDG-P) (6,7). Estos mecanismos tienen la capacidad de liberar mediadores inflamatorios y vasoactivos que, aunque tienen repercusiones sistémicas, no se relacionan con hipersensibilidad tipo I (6,7,18,19).…”
Section: Patogenia: Un Enfoque Desde El Síndrome Tóxicounclassified