Systemic envenomation caused by the wandering spider Phoneutria nigriventer, with quantification of circulating venom

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 885-889

  Bucaretchi, Fabio ^a   Mello, Sueli Moreira ^a   Vieira, Ronan Jose ^a   Mamoni, Ronei Luciano ^a   Blotta, Maria Heloisa Souza Lima ^a   Antunes, Edson ^a   Hyslop, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ELISA; Envenoming; Phoneutria nigriventer; Priapism; Spider bite

Indexed keywords

CAPTOPRIL; GLUCOSE; LIDOCAINE; PETHIDINE; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION; SPIDER VENOM; SPIDER VENOM ANTISERUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENVENOMATION; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PAIN; PHONEUTRIA NIGRIVENTER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SPIDER; SPIDER BITE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; ARACHNIDISM; BRAZIL; CAPTOPRIL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEPERIDINE; MIDDLE AGED; SPIDER VENOMS; SPIDERS; TIME FACTORS;

ARANEAE; CTENIDAE; PHONEUTRIA; PHONEUTRIA NIGRIVENTER;

EID: 55949118182     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15563650802258524     Document Type: Article

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