Recorded herein is the first case in Umbria (Central Italy) of a bite from Loxosceles rufescens (Araneae: Scytodidae). The spider bit a 21 years old man who was sleeping indoors in his Perugia home one nigth in June. Soon after he was bitten the patient felt a strong local pain which was followed by a local edema. During the next 24 hours, he developed fever (39°C) with a severe headache and a whitish necrotic lesion developed at the point of inoculation. After a treatment with antibiotic (amoxicillin and clavulanic acid), betamethasone and cetirizin, the patient recovered in 10 days' time.
Bite from Loxosceles rufescens (Araneae: Scytodidae): first report in Umbria.
PRINCIPATO, Mario Antonello;MORETTA, IOLANDA;
2007
Abstract
Recorded herein is the first case in Umbria (Central Italy) of a bite from Loxosceles rufescens (Araneae: Scytodidae). The spider bit a 21 years old man who was sleeping indoors in his Perugia home one nigth in June. Soon after he was bitten the patient felt a strong local pain which was followed by a local edema. During the next 24 hours, he developed fever (39°C) with a severe headache and a whitish necrotic lesion developed at the point of inoculation. After a treatment with antibiotic (amoxicillin and clavulanic acid), betamethasone and cetirizin, the patient recovered in 10 days' time.File in questo prodotto:
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