The Incidence of Infection Complicating Snakebites in Tropical Australia: Implications for Clinical Management and Antimicrobial Prophylaxis

Table 2

Selected laboratory findings (within the first 24 hours of admission) and clinical course of the 29 cases of envenomation in the series.

Case	Age, gender	Snake^a	White cell count^b	Neutrophil count^c	Creatinine kinase^d	Empirical antibiotics on admission	Diagnosed with infection	ICU admission	Outcome
1	50, male	Taipan	11.6	9.4	1730	Yes	Yes	Yes	Survived
2	16, male	Taipan	17.9	15.6	1880	Yes	Yes	No	Survived
3	39, male	Taipan	27.1	24.6	316	Yes	Yes	No	Survived
4	59, female	Taipan	6.8	5.2	11300	No	No	Yes	Died
5	16, male	Taipan	5.8	4.8	286	Yes	No	Yes	Survived
6	77, male	Taipan	25.2	13.5	779	No	No	Yes	Died
7	33, male	Taipan	14.4	12	33300	Yes	No	Yes	Survived
8	15, male	Taipan	24.5	20.2	1160	No	No	Yes	Survived
9	39, male	Taipan	11.9	9.9	2220	Yes	No	Yes	Survived
10	46, male	Taipan	18	15.6	294	No	No	Yes	Survived
11	58, male	Taipan	13.1	11.4	560	No	No	Yes	Survived
12	69, male	Taipan	17.4	15.7	3480	No	No	Yes	Survived
13	67, male	Taipan	13.6	12	1530	No	No	Yes	Survived
14	31, female	Taipan	14.9	12.1	463	No	No	Yes	Survived
15	47, male	Taipan	16.6	12.3	163	No	No	No	Survived
16	48, male	Taipan	23.6	20.9	3110	No	No	No	Survived
17	67, male	Taipan	16.4	14.9	1840	No	No	No	Survived
18	62, female	Taipan	14.6	13.4	243	Yes	No	No	Survived
19	40, male	Brown	15.7	13.6	2610	Yes	No	Yes	Died
20	23, male	Brown	10.8	8.8	514	No	No	No	Survived
21	55, male	Brown	11.8	9.2	241	No	No	No	Survived
22	51, male	Brown	36.1	31.6	1170	No	No	No	Survived
23	69, female	Tiger group	14	11.4	108	No	No	Yes	Survived
24	23, female	Tiger group	10.6	7.5	207	No	No	No	Survived
25	23, male	Tiger group	11.6	8.2	90	No	No	No	Survived
26	27, female	Black	19.2	17.8	143	No	No	No	Survived
27	44, female	Black	14.9	11.8	74	No	No	No	Survived
28	60, male	Black	6.3	6.3	218	No	No	No	Survived
29	42, male	Death adder	18.1	15.3	172	No	No	No	Survived

^aBased on contemporaneous toxicologist opinion informed by clinical and laboratory findings, geographical location of the bite, and pathological envenomation syndrome. ^bReference range: 4.0–11.0 × 10⁹/L. ^cReference range: 2.0–8.0 × 10⁹/L. ^dReference range: 46–171 U/L.