Suspected brown recluse envenomation: A case report and review of different treatment modalities

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Andersen, Rebecca J ^a   Campoli, Jennifer ^a   Johar, Sandeep K ^a   Schumacher, Katherine A ^a   Allison Jr , E Jackson ^b  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

envenomation; infection; recluse; spider; wound

Indexed keywords

CYPROHEPTADINE; DAPSONE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; OXYGEN; SPIDER VENOM;

AGED; AGRANULOCYTOSIS; APLASTIC ANEMIA; BACKACHE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CAUTERIZATION; DEBRIDEMENT; DIARRHEA; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ENVENOMATION; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PALLOR; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POISONOUS SPIDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN NECROSIS; SORE THROAT; SPIDER BITE; WEAKNESS; WOUND DRESSING;

EID: 80051581949     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2009.08.055     Document Type: Article

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