A clinico-epidemiological study of bites by spiders of the genus Phoneutria
From January, 1984 to December, 1996, 422 patients (ages 9 m-99 y, median 29 y) were admitted after being bitten by spiders which were brought and identified as Phoneutria spp. Most of the bites occurred at March and April months (29.2%), in the houses (54.5%), during the day (76.5%), and in the lim...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:5442add999c347f98eaca3c70ccd2d0d 2024-09-09T19:26:57+00:00 A clinico-epidemiological study of bites by spiders of the genus Phoneutria Fábio BUCARETCHI Cláudia Regina de DEUS REINALDO Stephen HYSLOP Paulo Roberto MADUREIRA Eduardo Mello DE CAPITANI Ronan José VIEIRA 2000-02-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/5442add999c347f98eaca3c70ccd2d0d EN eng Universidade de São Paulo (USP) http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652000000100003&tlng=en https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9946 1678-9946 https://doaj.org/article/5442add999c347f98eaca3c70ccd2d0d Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Vol 42, Iss 1, Pp 17-21 (2000) Phoneutria spp Spider envenomation Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 article 2000 ftdoajarticles 2024-08-05T17:49:31Z From January, 1984 to December, 1996, 422 patients (ages 9 m-99 y, median 29 y) were admitted after being bitten by spiders which were brought and identified as Phoneutria spp. Most of the bites occurred at March and April months (29.2%), in the houses (54.5%), during the day (76.5%), and in the limbs (feet 40.9%, hands 34.3%). Upon hospital admission, most patients presented only local complaints, mainly pain (92.1%) and edema (33.1%) and were classified as presenting mild (89.8%), moderate (8.5%) and severe (0.5%) envenomation. Few patients (1.2%) did not present signs of envenomation. Severe accidents were only confirmed in two children (9 m, 3 y). Both developed acute pulmonary edema, and the older died 9 h after the accident. Patients more than 70 year-old had a significantly greater (p<0.05) frequency of moderate envenomations compared to the 10-70-year-old individuals. Proceedings to relief local pain were frequently performed (local anesthesia alone 32.0%, local anesthesia plus analgesics 20.6% and oral analgesics alone 25.1%). Only 2.3% of the patients (two cases classified as severe and eight as moderate, eight of them in children) were treated with i.v. antiarachnid antivenom. No antivenom early reaction was observed. In conclusion, accidents involving the genus Phoneutria are common in the region of Campinas, with the highest risk groups being children under 10 years of age and adults over 70 years of age. Cases of serious envenomation are rare (0.5%). Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic |
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Phoneutria spp Spider envenomation Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Fábio BUCARETCHI Cláudia Regina de DEUS REINALDO Stephen HYSLOP Paulo Roberto MADUREIRA Eduardo Mello DE CAPITANI Ronan José VIEIRA A clinico-epidemiological study of bites by spiders of the genus Phoneutria |
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From January, 1984 to December, 1996, 422 patients (ages 9 m-99 y, median 29 y) were admitted after being bitten by spiders which were brought and identified as Phoneutria spp. Most of the bites occurred at March and April months (29.2%), in the houses (54.5%), during the day (76.5%), and in the limbs (feet 40.9%, hands 34.3%). Upon hospital admission, most patients presented only local complaints, mainly pain (92.1%) and edema (33.1%) and were classified as presenting mild (89.8%), moderate (8.5%) and severe (0.5%) envenomation. Few patients (1.2%) did not present signs of envenomation. Severe accidents were only confirmed in two children (9 m, 3 y). Both developed acute pulmonary edema, and the older died 9 h after the accident. Patients more than 70 year-old had a significantly greater (p<0.05) frequency of moderate envenomations compared to the 10-70-year-old individuals. Proceedings to relief local pain were frequently performed (local anesthesia alone 32.0%, local anesthesia plus analgesics 20.6% and oral analgesics alone 25.1%). Only 2.3% of the patients (two cases classified as severe and eight as moderate, eight of them in children) were treated with i.v. antiarachnid antivenom. No antivenom early reaction was observed. In conclusion, accidents involving the genus Phoneutria are common in the region of Campinas, with the highest risk groups being children under 10 years of age and adults over 70 years of age. Cases of serious envenomation are rare (0.5%). |
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Fábio BUCARETCHI Cláudia Regina de DEUS REINALDO Stephen HYSLOP Paulo Roberto MADUREIRA Eduardo Mello DE CAPITANI Ronan José VIEIRA |
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Fábio BUCARETCHI Cláudia Regina de DEUS REINALDO Stephen HYSLOP Paulo Roberto MADUREIRA Eduardo Mello DE CAPITANI Ronan José VIEIRA |
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A clinico-epidemiological study of bites by spiders of the genus Phoneutria |
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A clinico-epidemiological study of bites by spiders of the genus Phoneutria |
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A clinico-epidemiological study of bites by spiders of the genus Phoneutria |
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A clinico-epidemiological study of bites by spiders of the genus Phoneutria |
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A clinico-epidemiological study of bites by spiders of the genus Phoneutria |
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clinico-epidemiological study of bites by spiders of the genus phoneutria |
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