[Guidelines from the French Society of Occupational Medicine (SFMT): Opinion relating to the assignment, in the context of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic (Covid-19), of professionals working in healthcare settings and assimilated workers, with inflammatory/dysimmune diseases treated with biomedicines and targeted therapies. April 6, 2020]

Secondary bacterial infections following Viperidae snakebite envenomation in children are common. Among 75 patients admitted because of snakebites at the only pediatric hospital in Costa Rica, 16 (21.3%) had a culture-confirmed secondary bacterial infection. Morganella morganii (37.5%), Aeromonas hydrophila (31.2%), and Providencia rettgeri (18.7%) were the most common pathogens. Empiric prophylaxis is still recommended and should be based on local etiological agents and antimicrobial susceptibilities.