Description of an injury in a human caused by a false tocandira (Dinoponera gigantea, Perty, 1833) with a revision on folkloric, pharmacological and clinical aspects of the giant ants of the genera Paraponera and Dinoponera (sub-family Ponerinae) Descrição de injúria humana causada por falsa tocandira (Dinoponera gigantea, Perty, 1833) com revisão dos aspectos folclóricos, farmacológicos e clínicos das formigas gigantes do gênero Paraponera e Dinoponera (sub-família Ponerinae)

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Vidal Haddad Junior, João Luiz Costa Cardoso, Roberto Henrique Pinto Moraes
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2005
• Subjects: Tocandira; Paraponera; Dinoponera; Ponerinae; Bullet ants; Venomous ants; Bites and stings; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Falsa
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652005000400012; https://doaj.org/article/ce78617653ca473981cdc739f85ce945

The authors observed an injury caused by the sting of a false tocandira ant in the hand of an amateur fisherman and they describe the clinical findings and the evolution of the envenoming, which presented an acute and violent pain, cold sweating, nausea, a vomiting episode, malaise, tachycardia and...