High mortality due to snakebites in French Guiana: Time has come to re-evaluate medical management protocols

Rémi Mutricy^{1

2}, Xavier Heckmann³, Maylis Douine^{1

2

4}, Christian Marty⁵, Anne Jolivet⁶, Véronique Lambert⁷, Frédérique Perotti⁸, David Boels⁹, Sébastien Larréché¹⁰, Jean-Philippe Chippaux^{11

12}, Mathieu Nacher^{1

7}, Loïc Epelboin^{4

13}

Affiliations

¹ CIC Inserm 1424 Antilles Guyane, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, Cayenne, French Guiana.
² Emergency Department, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, Cayenne, French Guiana.
³ Emergency Department, Centre Hospitalier de l'Ouest Guyanais, Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana.
⁴ Ecosystèmes Amazoniens et Pathologie Tropicale, Université de Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana.
⁵ French Red Cross, Cayenne, French Guiana.
⁶ Department of Public Health, Centre Hospitalier de l'Ouest Guyanais, Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana.
⁷ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Centre Hospitalier de l'Ouest Guyanais, Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana.
⁸ Pharmacy, Centre Hospitalier de l'Ouest Guyanais, Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana.
⁹ Poison Control Center, Angers University Hospital, Angers, France.
¹⁰ Medical Biology Department, Hôpital d'Instruction Des Armées Bégin, Paris, France.
¹¹ CERPAGE, Faculté des Sciences de la Santé, Université d'Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Bénin.
¹² Mère et enfant face aux infections tropicales and PRES Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris Descartes, Faculté de Pharmacie, Paris, France.
¹³ Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, Cayenne, French Guiana.

Rémi Mutricy et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018.

. 2018 Jul 19;12(7):e0006482.

doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006482. eCollection 2018 Jul.

¹ CIC Inserm 1424 Antilles Guyane, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, Cayenne, French Guiana.
² Emergency Department, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, Cayenne, French Guiana.
³ Emergency Department, Centre Hospitalier de l'Ouest Guyanais, Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana.
⁴ Ecosystèmes Amazoniens et Pathologie Tropicale, Université de Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana.
⁵ French Red Cross, Cayenne, French Guiana.
⁶ Department of Public Health, Centre Hospitalier de l'Ouest Guyanais, Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana.
⁷ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Centre Hospitalier de l'Ouest Guyanais, Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana.
⁸ Pharmacy, Centre Hospitalier de l'Ouest Guyanais, Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana.
⁹ Poison Control Center, Angers University Hospital, Angers, France.
¹⁰ Medical Biology Department, Hôpital d'Instruction Des Armées Bégin, Paris, France.
¹¹ CERPAGE, Faculté des Sciences de la Santé, Université d'Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Bénin.
¹² Mère et enfant face aux infections tropicales and PRES Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris Descartes, Faculté de Pharmacie, Paris, France.
¹³ Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, Cayenne, French Guiana.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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