Journal of the Indian Society of Toxicology
  • Year: 2006
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue: 2

Death due to antbite - A case report

  • Author:
  • EJ Rodrigues1,, VV Pillay2
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 48 to 50

1Dept of Forensic Medicine, Goa Medical College, Goa, India.

2Poison Control Centre, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Cochin, India.

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Abstract

A case is reported of a young child being bitten by multiple fire ants, and succumbing. This is one of the rarest cases reported in literature.

Keywords

Fire ant, Antbite