Epidemiological and clinical manifestations of patients hospitalized with brown recluse spider bite

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1121-1125

  Dyachenko, P ^a,b   Ziv, M ^a   Rozenman, D ^a  

^a HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brown recluse spider bite; Loxesceles reclusa; Necrotic arachnidism

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE; SPIDER VENOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN NECROSIS; SPIDER BITE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ULCER HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ARACHNIDISM; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SPIDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748893279     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2006.01749.x     Document Type: Review

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