Arachnidism, scorpionism and ophidism in Ouro Preto Municipality, Minas Gerais State, Brazil [PDF]
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2016 : INTRODUCTION This retrospective study shows the profile of arachnidism, ophidism, and scorpionism in the Ouro Preto Municipality, Brazil, from January 2007 to December 2013.
Gabriela Fernanda Evangelista +1 more
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Spiders in Brazil: from arachnidism to potential therapeutic use of their venom part 1 of 2 [PDF]
Revista de Patologia Tropical / Journal of Tropical Pathology, 2022 Spider envenomation, generically known as arachnidism, is described in many places around the world. In terms of medical importance, the following genera of animals stand out as the main origin of the morbid condition: Atrax (Sidney funnel web spider ...
João Victor Ferreira Trindade +7 more
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Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 2020 is missing (Short communication)
Alexander Zink +4 more
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Tularemia presenting as suspected necrotic arachnidism
Clinical Case Reports (discontinued), 2017 The true danger of the spider bite stems from misdiagnosis and resultant delay in proper treatment of entities that, unlike spider bites, are not self‐limited.
Heather Sateia
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Utilization of dapsone and hemoglobin in the epithelial skin regeneration therapy of cutaneous loxoscelism: A case report and integrative literature review [PDF]
São Paulo Medical JournalBACKGROUND: Loxosceles spp are arthropods found worldwide. Its bite may produce cutaneous loxoscelism (necrotic or edematous) or cutaneous-visceral loxoscelism.
Omar Azuara-Antonio +5 more
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Documented bites by a yellow sac spider (Cheiracanthium punctorium) in Italy: a case report
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2012 In Italy reports of human envenomations by yellow sac spiders have been sporadic. Since increasing clinical information would improve understanding of the danger of yellow sac spiders to humans, we report the case of a 7-year-old child and her father ...
R Papini
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A rare cause of secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: systemic loxoscelism
The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2020 Background. Loxoscelism is caused by the bite of a specific spider type called the Loxosceles genus. In Turkey, most cases are seen after L. rufescens bites.
Tuğba Erat +11 more
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When is a boil not a boil? A Study of Arachnid envenomation in humans in Southern Africa
South African Family Practice, 1994 No abstract available.
P.A. Matthews
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Spider Bite: A Rare Case of Acute Necrotic Arachnidism with Rapid and Fatal Evolution
Case Reports in Emergency Medicine, 2016 The spider bites are quite frequent and often resolve quickly without leaving outcomes; only some species are capable of causing necrotic and systematic lesions in humans. Among them, we should mention the genus Loxosceles.
M. Pezzi +5 more
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Black widow spider bites experience from tertiary care center in Saudi Arabia
Avicenna Journal of Medicine, 2017 Introduction: Black widow spiders are one of the most poisonous species to humans; there are more than 30 species of widow spiders in the globe but good thing that not all of them are dangerous.
Ali Al Bshabshe +2 more
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