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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases broadens its coverage of envenomings caused by animal bites and stings. [PDF]
PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2021 Animal envenomings, including those from snakes, scorpions, spiders, and other arthropods, are a major public health concern in developing countries, disproportionately affecting vulnerable populations.
Gutiérrez JM, Chippaux JP, Isbister GK.
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Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, 2011 Christian Müller1,*, Beatrice Großjohann1,*, Lutz Fischer2,*1Department of Medical Science and Operations, RIEMSER Arzneimittel AG, An der Wiek 7, 17489 Greifswald, 2Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Medicine, University ...
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Centipede envenomation (Chilopoda): Case report [PDF]
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2022 Centipedes are venomous arthropods that have an elongated body, divided into many segments, presenting a pair of legs in each segment, adapted pairs of paws that simulate fangs and inject venom causing intense pain, with local erythema and edema, and ...
Vidal Haddad Junior +3 more
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Scrotal dog bite and mismatch between the skin and testis injury: a case report and review of literature [PDF]
Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine, 2022 Dog bite injury to the genitalia is a rare condition, regarding which most of the studies have focused on prevention of infection and management of severe cases; and small, superficial lacerations have not been taken into consideration. We present a case
Masoud Bahoosh, Hamed Akhavizadegan
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Black ant stings caused by Pachycondyla sennaarensis : A significant health hazard
Annals of Saudi Medicine, 2009 Several species of ants cause stings, but not all lead to allergic reactions. We present a series of cases of allergic reactions following insect bites or stings that presented to our emergency department and that were caused by the black samsum ant ...
Alanazi Marzouqah +2 more
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Multiple lesions by vampire bat bites in a patient in Niterói, Brazil - Case report [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2014 Over the last few centuries, the expansion of urbanization brought bats closer to urbanized areas, increasing the risk of accidents by bat bites. The morphology of bat bites can be varied, usually having an elliptical shape, about 0.5 cm along its ...
Fred Bernardes Filho +6 more
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A Pruritic Linear Eruption After an Arthropod Bite
Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2022 N/a.
Ana Sofia Pereira +2 more
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Part I: Insect stings and bites—Beyond the realm of bee and wasp allergies: A survey of the literature and our own cases [PDF]
, 2022 Background Insects are a very diverse group of animals and valuable members of any ecosystem. Allergies to bees and wasps (order: Hymenoptera) are well known in Europe.
Schmid-Grendelmeier, Peter; id_orcid +8 more
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Animal bites presenting to the emergency department: Spectrum, seasonal variation, and outcome
Journal of Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, 2021 Context: Animal bites including insect, reptile, and mammalian bites are common presentations to the emergency department (ED). Although profile and outcome of individual bites are described in detail, the literature on comprehensive overall clinical ...
Kundavaram Paul Prabhakar Abhilash +1 more
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International Journal of First Aid Education, 2021 Bites and stings can transmit diseases, cause wounds that can become infected, and in some cases, can cause an allergic reaction. Their prevalence across all parts of the world means that they are an important topic to cover in first aid education for ...
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