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Multiple African honeybee stings and acute renal failure.
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Abstract
In 1956, the Brazilian government brought honeybees (Apis mellifera andansonii)
from South Africa. A group of these bees crossed the Amazon and reached Venezuela
where they have killed between 30 and 50 people in the last 4 years [1]. In 1993,
we observed the first case of rhabdomyolysis, hepatic dysfunction and acute renal
failure (ARF) following multiple stings by African bees (A. mellifera andansonii)
in French Guiana.