The current study reports one case of moray eel bite and discusses the circumstances in which the accident happened, as well as wound evolution and therapy.doi:10.1590/S1678-91992008000300013J. P. BarreirosV Haddad JrCentro de Estudos de Venenos e Animais Peçonhentos - CEVAP, Universidade ...
Studies as well as personal reports confirm that the bite of a moray eel can be much more painful than the bite of other predatory fishes of similar size. This hardly can be explained by a 'pulling back effect', which means that one automatically pulls back a bitten limb and thus increase...
We conclude that moray eel bites can be managed successfully with aggressive, local wound care and antibiotic coverage that targets Vibrio and Pseudomonas species. 展开 关键词: moray eel bite DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(05)80169-6 被引量: 38 ...
Moray eels are not known to eat humans, but the bite of a large eel is powerful and can inflict a grievous wound. Is the moray eel poisonous? Moray eels have poison in the slime that covers their skin, and they often have very high levels of ciguatoxin. This makes them dangerous to ...
bite since it has the same body shape as a snake, but this is not true. A moray eel bite can however become really infected since the teeth of the fish are covered in bacteria which are pressed deep into the wound. A skin toxin has also been found in an Indo-Pacific moray eel. ...
The emergency management of moray eel bites We present three cases involving hand injuries inflicted by moray eels. Each was managed with local wound care and subsequent outpatient treatment with ... Tim,Erickson,and,... - 《Annals of Emergency Medicine》 被引量: 23发表: 1992年 First observati...
eelbiteAs human encounters with hazardous marine life increase, emergency physicians are more frequently confronted with the management of resultant injuries. We present three cases involving hand injuries inflicted by moray eels. Each was managed with local wound care and subsequent outpatient treatment ...