Preparation and validation of a systemic loxoscelism prediction protocol [PDF]
Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana, 2020 Introduction: Systemic loxoscelism is the most severe complication of loxoscelism. The management of the cadre by health personnel presents a high variability due to factors that are currently unknown.
Rafael Pichardo-Rodriguez +3 more
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Systemic Loxoscelism, Less Frequent but More Deadly: The Involvement of Phospholipases D in the Pathophysiology of Envenomation [PDF]
Toxins, 2022 Bites of Loxosceles spiders can lead to a set of clinical manifestations called loxoscelism, and are considered a public health problem in many regions. The signs and symptoms of loxoscelism are divided into cutaneous and systemic forms.
Luiza Helena Gremski +7 more
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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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Clinical Spectrum of Hemolytic Anemia in Loxoscelism: Report of Two Cases Highlighting Variable Severity and Management [PDF]
Case Reports in HematologyLoxoscelism can cause local as well as systemic manifestations. Hematologic complications of brown recluse spider venom can be life-threatening.
Anas Al-Sadi +4 more
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Temporal evolution of dermonecrosis in loxoscelism assessed by photodocumentation [PDF]
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2022 Background: Although loxoscelism (bites by brown spiders of the genus Loxosceles) frequently results in dermonecrosis, no previous clinical reports have provided detailed temporal photodocumentation of the evolution of dermonecrotic lesions in a case ...
Carla Fernanda Borrasca-Fernandes +4 more
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Loxosceles spider bite in Turkey (Loxosceles rufescens, Sicariidae, Araneae) [PDF]
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2008 Loxoscelism is caused by envenomation by spiders that belong to the Loxosceles genus. In loxoscelism, a local necrotic lesion appears and, in many cases, loxoscelism or necrotic araneism is considered a serious public health problem.
N. Yigit +5 more
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Hemoadsorption in Multiorgan Failure Due to Viscerocutaneous Loxoscelism [PDF]
MedicinaBackground: The bite of the Loxosceles spider is a public health problem around the world, mainly in Latin America. The viscerocutaneous presentation is related to the inoculation of toxins (phospholipase-D) that generates a systemic inflammatory ...
Raúl Valenzuela Córdova +6 more
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Production and Functional Evaluation of Anti-Loxosceles Sera Raised by Immunizations of Rabbits with Mutated Recombinant Phospholipases-D [PDF]
Biomedicines, 2022 Loxoscelism is the clinical condition triggered after the bite of spiders of the genus Loxosceles. The main species involved in accidents in South America are L. intermedia, L. laeta, and L. gaucho.
Bruno Cesar Antunes +11 more
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Sphingomyelinase D from Loxosceles laeta Venom Induces the Expression of MMP7 in Human Keratinocytes: Contribution to Dermonecrosis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Envenomation by Loxosceles spider is characterized by the development of dermonecrosis. In previous studies, we have demonstrated that increased expression/secretion of matrix metalloproteinases 2 and 9, induced by Loxosceles intermedia venom Class 2 ...
Mara A Corrêa +4 more
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Kounis syndrome: A rare case of allergic angina secondary to loxoscelism [PDF]
Indian Dermatology Online Journal, 2023 Kounis syndrome or allergic angina is characterized by a sudden transient or permanent myocardial dysfunction caused by inflammatory mediators such as histamine, leukotrienes, platelet-activating factor, neutral proteases, and a number of cytokines and ...
Alpana Mohta, Alok Mohta, Apoorv Mohta
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