Treatments for Centruroides exilicauda envenomation
I. J. Rachesky, W. Banner Jr, J. Dansky and T. Tong
We treated two cases of severe envenomation by the scorpion Centruroides
exilicauda. The first infant was treated with a species-specific scorpion
antivenom, which produced a delayed but dramatic return of all vital signs
to normal. A second infant was treated with two doses of intravenous
propranolol hydrochloride and had a rapid, dramatic decrease in heart rate
but only gradual resolution of neurologic symptoms. These cases demonstrate
the severe symptoms of envenomation by this scorpion in the infant and show
two possible treatments.
