The efficacy of antivenom in loxoscelism treatment

Toxicon

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 123-137

  Pauli, Isolete ^a,b   Puka, Juliana ^c   Gubert, Ida Cristina ^b   Minozzo, João Carlos ^a  

^a Production and Research Centre of Immunobiological Products   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c City Department of Health   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antivenom therapy; Brown spiders; Loxosceles; Loxoscelism; Necrotic arachnidism

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DAPSONE; DEXTRAN; DIURETIC AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; SPIDER VENOM ANTISERUM; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ACCIDENT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAZIL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ENVENOMATION; FLUID THERAPY; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LOXOSCELISM; NONHUMAN; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN NECROSIS; SPIDER BITE; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; ARACHNIDISM; HUMANS; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; SPIDER VENOMS; SPIDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; LOXOSCELES;

EID: 33746217031     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2006.05.005     Document Type: Review

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