PEDIATRICS Vol. 65 No. 2 February 1980, pp. 314-317
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Major Coagulopathy and "Nonpoisonous" Snake Bites

Frederick Mandell MD1, Jonathan Bates MD1, M. Budd Mittleman 1, and John W. Loy 1

1 Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital Medical Center, and the Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston

Two florid examples of disseminated coagulopathy following the bite of a rear-fanged snake (normally considered "nonvenomous") are reported. The possibility of clinically significant cases of snakebite envenomation due to "harmless" snakes in the United States is raised because of the diagnostic and therapeutic implications.

Submitted on February 27, 1978
Accepted on May 30, 1979