Brown Spider Venom Phospholipases D: From Potent Molecules Involved in Pathogenesis of Brown Spider Bites to Molecular Tools for Studying Ectosomes, Ectocytosis, and Its Applications. [PDF]
Toxins (Basel)Wille ACM +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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Reports of Presumptive Brown Recluse Spider Bites Reinforce Improbable Diagnosis in Regions of North America Where the Spider Is Not Endemic [PDF]
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2002 Envenomations by the brown recluse spider have been reported throughout North America, despite the fact that the spider's range is limited to the South and central Midwest of the United States.
Richard S. Vetter, Sean P. Bush
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A prospective study of 750 definite spider bites, with expert spider identification
QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians, 2002 BACKGROUND Spider bite is a subject of much medical mythology with prevalent fears that spiders cause severe envenoming, with neurotoxic effects or necrotic ulcers.
Geoffrey K. Isbister
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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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Low Health System Performance, Indigenous Status and Antivenom Underdosage Correlate with Spider Envenoming Severity in the Remote Brazilian Amazon. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 BACKGROUND:A better knowledge of the burden and risk factors associated with severity due to spider bites would lead to improved management with a reduction of sequelae usually seen for this neglected health problem, and would ensure proper use of ...
Vanderson Souza Sampaio +12 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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