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. 2024 Sep 18;15:1437413. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1437413

Table 2.

Clinical complications associated with honeybee stings envenoming in the entire patient cohort and in patients who died.

Case Age Sex Country Number of Stings Time to Treatment Time to Death Comorbidity Clinical
complications
System Reference
1 10 Male Turkey 5989 3 h 12 days Acute kidney failure
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
Convulsion
Hemolysis
Hypertension
Ischemic stroke
Multiorgan failure
Nervous
Hematologic
Respiratory
Urinary
Multiorgan
(134)
2 8 Male Nigeria 50 min 36 h Sickle cell anemia Hematuria
Hemolysis
Hematologic (130)
3 25 Male Australia 1 40 h Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
Anaphylactic shock
Bleeding
Cerebral tonsillar herniation
Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)
Hematuria
Ischemic hepatitis
Myocardial damage
Cardiovascular
Hepatic
Hematologic
Immune
Nervous
Urinary
Respiratory
(133)
4 38 Male South Africa 32 Subarachnoid hemorrhage
Subendocardial hemorrhage
Cardiovascular
Nervous
(121)
5 58 Male South Africa 1 Laryngeal edema
Left ventricular hypertrophy
Pulmonary congestion
Pulmonary edema
Cardiovascular
Respiratory
(121)
6 58 Male South Africa 10 No medical care Anaphylactic shock Immune (121)
7 38 Female Hungary 1 No medical care 4 min Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
Anaphylactic shock
Immune
Respiratory
(73)
8 25 Male Australia 1 Asthma Cardiorespiratory arrest
Laryngeal edema
Pulmonary congestion
Cardiovascular
Respiratory
(139)
9 36 Female Australia 40-50 15 min >29 min Asthma
Psoriasis
Cardiorespiratory arrest
Laryngeal edema
Cardiovascular
Respiratory
(139)
10 54 Male Australia 1 15 min >15 min Osteoporosis Cardiorespiratory arrest
Laryngeal edema
Pulmonary congestion
Pulmonary edema
Cardiovascular
Respiratory
(139)
11 70 Male Brazil 20 h Diabetes
Hypertension
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
Anuria
Cardiorespiratory arrest
Cardiovascular
Respiratory
Urinary
(18)
12 39 Male Honduras 3 h 37 h Anaphylactic shock
Anuria
Rhabdomyolysis
Immune
Multiorgan
Muscular
Urinary
(145)
13 19 Male Brazil 2000 0 h 23 days Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
Anuria
Cardiorespiratory arrest
Pericardial effusion
Pulmonary edema
Shock
Cardiovascular
Hematologic
Urinary
Respiratory
(125)
14 46 Female Brazil 1 2 h 2 h Obesity Anaphylactic shock
Bleeding
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
Pulmonary edema
Pulmonary hemorrhage
Hematologic
Immune
(4)
15 48 Male Turkey 3 days Encephalitis
Hepatitis
Gastrointestinal haemorrhage
Digestory
Hepatic
Nervous
(128)
16 59 Male Italy Bronchial obstruction
Cardiorespiratory arrest
Laryngeal edema
Pulmonary congestion
Pulmonary edema
Pulmonary emphysema
Pulmonary hemorrhage
Cardiovascular
Respiratory
(141)
17 67 Male Iran 20 3 days 5 days Type-2 diabetes
Hypertension
Myocardial infarction
Ventricular aneurysm
Cardiorespiratory arrest
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP)
Cardiovascular
Hematologic
Respiratory
(137)
18 59 Male India 5 days Parkinson disease Adrenal hemorrhage
Laryngeal congestion
Laryngeal edema
Tracheal congestion
Tracheal edema
Pulmonary congestion
Pulmonary edema
Rhabdomyolysis
Muscular
Urinary
Respiratory
(138)
19 42 Male Iran 30 min – 1 h Anaphylactic shock
Cardiorespiratory arrest
Cardiovascular
Immune
Respiratory
(143)
20 41 Female India 1 3 h 7 days Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)
Hemiparesis
Hemorrhagic/Ischemic stroke
Hematologic
Nervous
(149)
21 66 Male Argentina >500 36 h Hypertension Anaphylactic shock
Multiorgan failure
Immune
Multiorgan
(203)