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Review
. 2013 Jan-Feb;55(1):61-4.
doi: 10.1590/s0036-46652013000100011.

RRH: envenoming syndrome due to 200 stings from Africanized honeybees

Guilherme Almeida Rosa da Silva  1 , Karina Lebeis Pires, Diogo Cerqueira de Salles Soares, Marcos Rosa Ferreira, Fernando Raphael de Almeida Ferry, Rogerio Neves Motta, Marcelo Costa Velho Mendes de Azevedo
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RRH: envenoming syndrome due to 200 stings from Africanized honeybees

Guilherme Almeida Rosa da Silva et al. Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo. 2013 Jan-Feb.
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Abstract

Envenoming syndrome from Africanized bee stings is a toxic syndrome caused by the inoculation of large amounts of venom from multiple bee stings, generally more than five hundred. The incidence of severe toxicity from Africanized bee stings is rare but deadly. This report reveals that because of the small volume of distribution, having fewer stings does not exempt a patient from experiencing an unfavorable outcome, particularly in children, elderly people or underweight people.

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