[Antivenom serotherapy: its applications, its limitations, its future]

A hundred years after its discovery, authors review the antivenom therapy. Antivenom manufacture is described and antivenom therapy methods are presented. Indication of antivenom should be reserved to those who are really envenomed. Delay from the bite should not discredit antivenom therapy. Quantity of antivenom should depend on snake species, clinical features and evolution after treatment. Intravenous injections of antivenom should be strongly recommended as the most efficient. The future of antivenom therapy is emphasized.