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Severe venom ophthalmia that led to blindness in a patient “spat at” by a black-necked spitting cobra Naja nigricollis in Nigeria. Failure to treat with a local antimicrobial agent may allow secondary infection of corneal abrasions with these disastrous results (panophthalmitis requiring enucleation)
(© David A. Warrell).
