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serotherapy

[se″ro-ther´ah-pe]

the treatment of infectious disease by the injection of immune serum or antitoxin.

se·ro·ther·a·py

(sē'rō-thār'ă-pē),

Treatment of an infectious disease by injection of an antitoxin or serum containing specific antibody.

Synonym(s): serum therapy

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serotherapy

(sîr′ō-thĕr′ə-pē)

n. pl. serothera·pies

Treatment of disease by administration of a serum obtained from an immunized animal.

se′ro·ther′a·pist n.

se·ro·ther·a·py

(sēr'ō-thār'ă-pē)

Treatment of an infectious disease by injection of an antitoxin or serum containing specific antibody.

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

serotherapy

Treatment of disease by the injection of human or animal serum containing antibodies.

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se·ro·ther·a·py

(sēr'ō-thār'ă-pē)

Treatment of infectious disease by injection of antitoxin or serum containing specific antibody.

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Serotherapy was fulfilled in only 19 patients (0.83%), and in 2,226 patients (97.50%) antivenom was not administered.

Serotherapy was accomplished in 19 cases (0.83%), however, the type of antivenom was not registered.

Clinical and epidemiological aspects of scorpion stings in the northeast region of Brazil/Aspectos clinicos e epidemiologicos dos acidentes escorpionicos na regiao do nordeste do Brasil

Patients were excluded from the study if they had received T-cell serotherapy within 28 days of proposed administration date.

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Serotherapy in scorpion envenomation: a randomized controlled trial.

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The variables investigated in the clinical evaluations were: local and systemic clinical manifestations, seriousness and evolution of the case, and serotherapy. As regards the genus of the offending snakes, the data obtained was based on information given by the patients themselves and/or their companions, as well as on the clinical observation by health professionals of the patients' signs and symptoms.

Serotherapy was applied in 330 (94.0%) of the patients, while 14 (4.0%) received no antivenom.

Epidemiologia dos acidentes ofidicos ocorridos nos municipios do Estado da Paraiba, Brasil

In spite of worldwide debates on serotherapy of the scorpion envenoming syndrome serotherapy is considered as the only specific treatment of scorpion stings in Saudi Arabia.

Serotherapy in the management of scorpion sting in children in Saudi Arabia.

A Five Year Epidemiologic Study on Scorpion Stings in Ramhormoz, South-West of Iran

Serotherapy of B-cell neoplasms with anti-B4-blocked ricin: a phase I trial of daily bolus infusion.