TY - JOUR
T1 - Death due to massive bee injury- a case report
AU - Shetty, Suresh Kumar
AU - Ullal, Harshavardhan G.
AU - Kassam, Zain N.
AU - Chidhananda, P. S.
AU - Boloor, Archith
AU - Rastogi, Prateek
AU - Naik, Ramdas
AU - Rai, Sharadha
AU - Shetty, Adithi S.
AU - Rajayer, Salil
PY - 2012/7/18
Y1 - 2012/7/18
N2 - Deaths occurring due to insect bites are very uncommon, amongst which the rarely reported ones are the Bee sting deaths. However on one such occurrence death had taken place. In such an incident, death could be caused due to an anaphylactic shock, suffocation or due to the worsening of a pre-existing disease. Deaths due to a massive envenomation have especially been noted among individuals stung by the so-called Africanized Honeybees, which always attack in a swarm. We report a case of a fatal anaphylactic reaction subsequent to multiple bee stings, resulting in a massive envenomation. This is amongst few such cases which were ever reported in Forensic literature from the Asian Sub continent.
AB - Deaths occurring due to insect bites are very uncommon, amongst which the rarely reported ones are the Bee sting deaths. However on one such occurrence death had taken place. In such an incident, death could be caused due to an anaphylactic shock, suffocation or due to the worsening of a pre-existing disease. Deaths due to a massive envenomation have especially been noted among individuals stung by the so-called Africanized Honeybees, which always attack in a swarm. We report a case of a fatal anaphylactic reaction subsequent to multiple bee stings, resulting in a massive envenomation. This is amongst few such cases which were ever reported in Forensic literature from the Asian Sub continent.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84863787797
SN - 0972-5687
VL - 12
SP - 33
EP - 36
JO - Journal of Punjab Academy of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
JF - Journal of Punjab Academy of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
IS - 1
ER -