Envenomation with neonatal death after snakebite during pregnancy

Abstract

During pregnancy, a snake bite can be severe and fatal to the mother and the fetus. However, if ophidian envenomation’s in pregnant woman are well described in the literature, neonatal aspects of this accident are little discussed. In order to discuss the deleterious consequences of envenomation, the difficulties of diagnosis and management in the newbom after snake bite in the pregnancy, here we report a case of bite of Viper in a pregnant woman who gave birth to a 33 weeks preterm baby. In the absence of antivenom, the woman and her baby died, one by hemorrhagic shock and the other by respiratory distress, infection and renal failure.