Journal article
Loxosceles arizonica Bite Associated With Shock
Annals of emergency medicine, Vol.30(5), pp.701-703
1997
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(97)70092-1
PMID: 9360587
Abstract
Envenomation by the brown recluse spider (
Loxosceles reclusa) is associated with shock, significant hemolysis, renal insufficiency, and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). Shock has never been associated with envenomation by
L arizonica, a related species indigenous to Arizona, southern California, and northwestern Mexico. We report the case of a 13-year-old girl, bitten by a specimen of
L arizonica (the spider was identified by an entomologist), in whom shock and a typical cutaneous lesion developed. She did not experience renal insufficiency or disseminated intravascular coagulation. Infectious causes of shock were excluded. She recovered completely with supportive care. [Bey TA, Walter FG, Lober W, Schmidt J, Spark R, Schlievert PM:
Loxosceles arizonica bite associated with shock.
Ann Emerg Med November 1997;30:701-703.]
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Loxosceles arizonica Bite Associated With Shock
- Creators
- Tareg A BeyFrank G WalterWilliam LoberJustin SchmidtRonald SparkPatrick M Schlievert
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Annals of emergency medicine, Vol.30(5), pp.701-703
- Publisher
- Mosby, Inc
- DOI
- 10.1016/S0196-0644(97)70092-1
- PMID
- 9360587
- ISSN
- 0196-0644
- eISSN
- 1097-6760
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1997
- Academic Unit
- Microbiology and Immunology; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984001109102771
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