Africanized Honey Bee Sting-Induced Stress-Related Cardiomyopathy: A Bee or Octopus Trap

Overview

Journal Cureus

Specialty Biomedical Engineering

Date 2021 Sep 1

PMID 34466318

Citations 3

Authors

Rajeev V Seecheran

Ryan Ramdin

Sonia Singh

Valmiki Seecheran

Sangeeta Persad

Lakshmipathi Peram

Sadi S Raza

Naveen A Seecheran

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Abstract

The Africanized honey bee commonly referred to as the "killer bee," is a hybrid of the East African lowland honey bee with various European honey bees. These bees tend to be more hostile as compared to other bee species. Their stings may have devastating clinical sequelae, including cardiovascular, cerebrovascular events, and fatalities. We report the first-in-Caribbean case of a middle-aged woman who experienced stress-related, Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (also known as stress-related cardiomyopathy [SRC]) after being afflicted with innumerable Africanized honey bee stings. Key clinical message: The clinician should be cognizant of Takotsubo's cardiomyopathy as a potential sequela of Hymenoptera envenomation and anaphylaxis.

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