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Recent Advances in Research on Widow Spider Venoms and Toxins [PDF]
Toxins, 2015 Widow spiders have received much attention due to the frequently reported human and animal injures caused by them. Elucidation of the molecular composition and action mechanism of the venoms and toxins has vast implications in the treatment of ...
Shuai Yan, Xianchun Wang
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Poisonous Spiders: Bites, Symptoms, and Treatment; an Educational Review [PDF]
Emergency, 2014 More than 40,000 species of spiders have been identified in the world. Spider bites is a common problem among people, however few of them are harmful but delay in treatment can cause death.
Farzad Rahmani +5 more
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Envenomation caused by Latrodectus geometricus in São Paulo state, Brazil: a case report [PDF]
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2009 Widow spiders (Latrodectus spp.), also known as "black widows", have a worldwide distribution and can cause latrodectism. To the best of our knowledge, in Brazil, only one case of Latrodectus geometricus (Koch, 1841) envenomation in a human has been ...
Ramb Almeida +3 more
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Acute renal failure following latrodectism
Veterinary and human toxicology, 2001 Latrodectism is considered dangerous for human beings. Acute renal failure after envenomation is not common and usually results from prerenal failure.
Tunçok, Yeşim +3 more
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An irritable infant and the runaway redback: an instructive case. [PDF]
Case Rep Emerg Med, 2011 The envenomation syndrome of Redback spider bites, lactrodectism, is distinctive. However diagnosis can be difficult due to an atypical presentation. We describe the case of a 1 year old boy with irritability, diaphoresis and reduced oral intake, in whom a diagnosis was made of redback spider bite.
Ward TR, Falconer JA, Craven JA.
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Venomous and poisonous Australian animals of veterinary importance: a rich source of novel therapeutics. [PDF]
Biomed Res Int, 2014 Envenomation and poisoning by terrestrial animals (both vertebrate and invertebrate) are a significant economic problem and health risk for domestic animals in Australia. Australian snakes are some of the most venomous animals in the world and bees, wasps, ants, paralysis ticks, and cane toads are also present as part of the venomous and poisonous ...
Hardy MC, Cochrane J, Allavena RE.
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Specific Antivenom Ability in Neutralizing Hepatic and Renal Changes 24 Hours after Latrodectus dahli Envenomation [PDF]
Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases, 2016 Background: Latrodectism, a syndrome caused by Latrodectus genus, is one of the clinical problems that occur predominantly in north east of Iran. Nowadays antivenom therapy has become the most useful treatment for animal bites; however there is still a ...
Elham Valikhanfard-Zanjani +4 more
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Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases, 2017 Background: Nowadays use of specific antivenin for latrodectism is considered as the most effective treatment in the world. This study was undertaken to investigate the efficacy of specific antivenom against histopathological complications caused by ...
Elham Valikhanfard-Zanjani +2 more
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Systemic Latrodectism: A Venomous Encounter [PDF]
, 2022 Pan, Chelsea, McCullough, Matthew
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