2008
DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822008000200015
|View full text |Cite
|
Sign up to set email alerts
|

Abstract: The first case of envenoming by Latrodectus geometricus in Venezuela is described. The accident occurred at the victim's home, in Aragua de Barcelona, Anzoátegui State. The 31-year-old female victim was bitten twice on the left scapular region, in quick succession (within seconds). She developed a hyperactive state of the central, autonomic and peripheral nervous systems with minor local symptoms.Key-words: Latrodectus geometricus. Araneae. Theridiidae. Latrodectism. Venezuela. RESUMODescreve-se o primeiro cas… Show more

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...
4
1

Citation Types

0
7
0
1

Year Published

2010
2010
2021
2021

Publication Types

Select...
10

Relationship

0
10

Authors

Journals

citations
Cited by 15 publications
(8 citation statements)
references
References 5 publications
0
7
0
1
Order By: Relevance
“…The work of Mü ller (1993), which reports 15 veriÞed brown widow bites in Africa, shows that they pale in comparison to typical Latrodectus bites. Reports do exist of more substantial brown widow envenomations in Mississippi ), Brazil (Cardoso et al 2003, and Venezuela (Kiriakos et al 2008) but, as is typical in the medical literature, single case histories get published because of their extreme symptom expression and, hence, skew literature representation toward the rare and dynamic end of the spectrum. Although brown widows are now abundant in southern California, bites are not common where in our collective experience, we are only aware of one veriÞed brown widow bite, which had minor symptoms.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The work of Mü ller (1993), which reports 15 veriÞed brown widow bites in Africa, shows that they pale in comparison to typical Latrodectus bites. Reports do exist of more substantial brown widow envenomations in Mississippi ), Brazil (Cardoso et al 2003, and Venezuela (Kiriakos et al 2008) but, as is typical in the medical literature, single case histories get published because of their extreme symptom expression and, hence, skew literature representation toward the rare and dynamic end of the spectrum. Although brown widows are now abundant in southern California, bites are not common where in our collective experience, we are only aware of one veriÞed brown widow bite, which had minor symptoms.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Although envenomations by L. geometricus are considered less severe than those of other species of the genus (Vetter & Isbister 2008), the cases reported vary from local to systemic damages (Cardoso et al 2003, Kiriakos et al 2008). This species has an affinity for human structures and residential buildings (Bayram et al 2008, Brazil et al 2009, Vetter et al 2012 where it constructs a web of irregular shape.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Clinical manifestations of latrodectism include local or generalized pain, abdominal pain, diaphoresis, nausea, vomiting and autonomic effects [8]. Indeed, there have been reports of brown widow bites resulting in moderate (as seen in our patient) to severe presentations of latrodectism [7,12,13]. These rare reactions appear closer to envenomation by black widows and include severe pain, nausea, vomiting, hypertension, and fasciculations.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 62%