Extreme pain from brown recluse spider bites: model for cytokine-driven pain. [PDF]
JAMA Dermatol, 2014 Payne KS +7 more
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A randomized controlled trial of trypsin to treat brown recluse spider bites in Guinea pigs. [PDF]
J Med Toxicol, 2014 Cabaniss WW +8 more
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Management of skin necrosis and wound dehiscence following brown recluse spider bite in the course of breast reconstruction: A case report [PDF]
JPRAS OpenBackground: Breast reconstruction following mastectomy is a critical component of breast cancer treatment, aimed at improving patient quality of life.
Sten Kajitani +4 more
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Loxosceles spider bites in the state of Paraná, Brazil: 1993-2000
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2006 This study presents the epidemiological analysis of 20,699 reported spider bites involving the Loxosceles genus in the state of Paraná, Brazil, from 1993 to 2000. The incidence rate in the period was 290.24/100,000 inhabitants.
E. Marques-da-Silva +3 more
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Case Report: Black Widow Spider Bites in a Pregnant Woman [PDF]
Majallah-i Zanān, Māmā̓ī va Nāzā̓ī-i Īrān, 2020 Introduction: The black widow spider is known in the Mediterranean region as L.tredecimguttatus species that in Khorasan is known with its local name as “Dalmak”. The venom of this spider contains excitatory neurotoxins called alpha-latroteins.
Ali Teimouri +4 more
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A case report on the management of Luta visha (~spider bite poisoning) through Ayurveda strategies
Journal of Ayurveda Case Reports, 2023 Spider bites are commonly reported from many parts of the world. Clinical manifestations of spider bites reported range from simple local irritations and dermonecrotic lesions to potentially lethal neurotoxicity and intravascular hemolysis.
K. C. Chandni +2 more
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Cutaneous loxoscelism predominantly edematous. Case report
Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana, 2022 The spider bite of the genus Loxosceles is a public health problem in regions of Latin America. In Peru, it occurs more frequently in homes in the coastal region and could have serious consequences, including death in the case of cutaneous and visceral ...
Consuelo Luna-Muñoz +3 more
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Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, 2020 In the daily clinical practice, many suspected spider bites can be caused by other conditions, decreasing diagnostic accuracy, such as: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections, cutaneous anthrax, dermatomycosis, erysipelas, furuncles ...
G. Paolino +3 more
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Toxicon - Short Communication Muscle spasms - a common symptom following theraphosid spider bites?
Toxicon, 2020 Despite the popularity of theraphosids, detailed reports on bite symptoms are still limited to few geographic regions and subfamilies. We therefore examined 363 published bite reports and noticed muscles cramps caused by theraphosids from nearly all ...
Tobias J. Hauke, V. Herzig
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Venomous spiders of Albania –does an increase of temperature influence the toxicity of spider venom?
Toxicon: X, 2022 Black widow spiders (Latrodectus sp.) are distributed worldwide, and in Albania the L. tredecimguttatus Rossi, 1790 has been the dominant spider. Other medically important spiders in Albania include the brown recluse with symptoms known as loxoscelism ...
Vrenozi, Blerina
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