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Thirty-seven patients consulted traditional healers, most of whom made incisions around the bite site. Fifty-eight patients experienced severe neurotoxicity and most suffered swelling and pain of the bitten limb. The use of an Indian polyvalent antivenom in patients exhibiting severe neurotoxicity resulted in clinical improvement but most patients experienced moderate-to-severe adverse reactions. Antivenom did not influence local blistering and necrosis appearing in 19 patients; 12 required debridement. Edrophonium significantly improved the ability of patients to open the eyes, endurance of upward gaze, and peak expiratory flow rate suggesting that a longer-acting anticholinesterase drug (neostigmine) could be recommended for first aid. The study suggested that regionally appropriate antivenom should be raised against the venoms of the major envenoming species of Bangladesh and highlighted the need to improve the training of staff of local medical centers and to invest in the basic health infrastructure in rural communities.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4269\/ajtmh.16-0842","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,1,31]],"date-time":"2017-01-31T03:00:48Z","timestamp":1485831648000},"page":"876-884","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":59,"title":["Bites by the Monocled Cobra, Naja kaouthia, in Chittagong Division, Bangladesh: Epidemiology, Clinical Features of Envenoming and Management of 70 Identified Cases"],"prefix":"10.4269","volume":"96","author":[{"given":"M. A.","family":"Faiz","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Dev Care Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"M. 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