Loxoscelism: Cutaneous and Hematologic Manifestations
Advances in Hematology, 2019 Background. Brown recluse spider (BRS) envenomation can lead to significant morbidity through severe local reaction and systemic illness including acute hemolytic anemia, rhabdomyolysis, disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC), and even death.
Ngan Nguyen, Manjari Pandey
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Defining the complex phenotype of severe systemic loxoscelism using a large electronic health record cohort. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Systemic loxoscelism is a rare illness resulting from the bite of the recluse spider and, in its most severe form, can lead to widespread hemolysis, coagulopathy, and death.
Jamie R Robinson +5 more
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A rare cause of secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: systemic loxoscelism [PDF]
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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Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2018 Background Loxoscelism is a severe human envenomation caused by Loxosceles spider venom. To the best of our knowledge, no study has evaluated the presence of antibodies against Loxosceles venom in loxoscelism patients without treatment with antivenom ...
Tomás Arán-Sekul +8 more
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Acute kidney injury due to systemic Loxoscelism: a cross-sectional study in Northeast Brazil
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina TropicalINTRODUCTION: Loxoscelism is a clinical condition involving spiders of the genus Loxosceles. One of the most severe complications is acute kidney injury (AKI).
Polianna Lemos Moura Moreira Albuquerque +7 more
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Clinical performance of a new prediction rule of systemic loxoscellism. case report [PDF]
Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana, 2021 Systemic or cutaneous-visceral loxoscelism is the most severe clinical presentation of loxoscelism. Currently there is no validated laboratory diagnostic method that allows us to confirm the presence of this disease in the face of arachneism.
Rafael Martin de Jesus Pichardo Pichardo Rodriguez +5 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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Histopathological characterization of experimentally induced cutaneous loxoscelism in rabbits inoculated with Loxosceles similis venom [PDF]
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2012 Envenomation by Loxosceles bites is characterized by dermonecrotic and/or systemic features that lead to several clinical signs and symptoms called loxoscelism. Dermonecrotic lesions are preceded by thrombosis of the dermal plexus.
NB Pereira +9 more
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Insights into brown spider and loxoscelism [PDF]
Invertebrate Survival Journal, 2005 Loxosceles is a genus of cosmopolitan spiders comprising several species, and popularly known as brown spiders or brown recluses. Brown spider bites can cause dermonecrotic lesions and systemic reactions known as loxoscelism.
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Viscerocutaneous form of loxoscelism and erythrocyte glucose-6-phosphate deficiency [PDF]
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1985 In a period of time of five years, all patients who exhibited viscerocutaneous form of loxoscelism were investigated for erythrocyte glucose-6-phosphate deficiency, and in two patients out of seven it was found this deficiency. This finding suggests that
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