Retraction Note: Severe Viperidae envenomation complicated by a state of shock, acute kidney injury, and gangrene presenting late at the emergency department: a case report

Agnès Esiéné; Paul Owono Etoundi; Joel Noutakdie Tochie; Arlette Junette Mbengono Metogo; Jacqueline Ze Minkande

doi:10.1186/s12873-020-00318-x

Retraction Note: Severe Viperidae envenomation complicated by a state of shock, acute kidney injury, and gangrene presenting late at the emergency department: a case report

BMC Emerg Med. 2020 Mar 30;20(1):23. doi: 10.1186/s12873-020-00318-x.

Authors

Agnès Esiéné^{1

2}, Paul Owono Etoundi^{1

2}, Joel Noutakdie Tochie³, Arlette Junette Mbengono Metogo¹, Jacqueline Ze Minkande^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency medicine, Anesthesiology and critical care, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
² Department of Emergency medicine, Anesthesiology and critical care, Yaounde Central Hospital, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
³ Department of Emergency medicine, Anesthesiology and critical care, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon. joeltochie@gmail.com.
⁴ Department of Emergency medicine, Anesthesiology and critical care, Yaoundé Gynaeco-Obstetrics and Paediatric Hospital, Yaoundé, Cameroon.

Abstract

The authors have retracted this case report [1] because the head of the snake shown in Figure 1 and described as being that of a viper (Echis occellatus) is identical to the head of a snake shown in Figure 1 of a different case report [2] where it was identified as being Naja melanoleuca, a member of the Elapidae family.

Publication types

Retraction of Publication