Introduction: Envenomation by black widow spiders manifests clinically with signs of neurotoxicity in paediatric patients. Objective: Identify typical neurological signs and symptoms in paediatric patients of different ages, and describe treatment and outcomes in a paediatric hospital in northwest Mexico. Material and methods: We reviewed 70 clinical records of patients hospitalised due to black widow spider bite between 1978 and 2014. We divided the total into 2 groups: Group 1, infants and preschool children; and Group 2, school-age children and adolescents. The demographic variables were age, sex, birthplace, place where envenomation occurred, body part(s) affected, degree of envenomation according to signs and symptoms, treatment, clini...
BACKGROUND: Tarantula spiders are widely kept and bred in captivity by both adults and children. The...
More than 40,000 species of spiders have been identified in the world. Spider bites is a common prob...
The Noble false widow spider Steatoda nobilis has expanded its range globally and may represent a po...
Resumen: Introducción: El envenenamiento por mordedura de araña «viuda negra» (Latrodectus mactans)...
Introduction: Black widow spiders are one of the most poisonous species to humans; there are more th...
Spider envenomation has been recog-nized to cause a significant clinical syndrome for thousands of y...
Objective: ‘ Steatoda nobilis ’ , commonly known as the false black widow spider, is an immigrant s...
Introduction. The emergency department presentation (ED) of Brown recluse (Loxosceles reclusa) spide...
Background: Spider bite is a subject of much medical mythology with prevalent fears that spider...
Background: Spider bite is a subject of much medical mythology with prevalent fears that spiders cau...
Objective: To investigate species-specific envenoming rates and spectrum of severity of funnel-web s...
More than 40,000 species of spiders have been identified in the world. Spider bites is a common prob...
Background: In order to describe the patients and evaluate the effectiveness of treatments for widow...
A 15-year-old boy presented to the emergency department at a referring facility with right lower ext...
The spider genus Latrodectus, commonly called “widow spider,” is found all over the world. Its venom...
BACKGROUND: Tarantula spiders are widely kept and bred in captivity by both adults and children. The...
More than 40,000 species of spiders have been identified in the world. Spider bites is a common prob...
The Noble false widow spider Steatoda nobilis has expanded its range globally and may represent a po...
Resumen: Introducción: El envenenamiento por mordedura de araña «viuda negra» (Latrodectus mactans)...
Introduction: Black widow spiders are one of the most poisonous species to humans; there are more th...
Spider envenomation has been recog-nized to cause a significant clinical syndrome for thousands of y...
Objective: ‘ Steatoda nobilis ’ , commonly known as the false black widow spider, is an immigrant s...
Introduction. The emergency department presentation (ED) of Brown recluse (Loxosceles reclusa) spide...
Background: Spider bite is a subject of much medical mythology with prevalent fears that spider...
Background: Spider bite is a subject of much medical mythology with prevalent fears that spiders cau...
Objective: To investigate species-specific envenoming rates and spectrum of severity of funnel-web s...
More than 40,000 species of spiders have been identified in the world. Spider bites is a common prob...
Background: In order to describe the patients and evaluate the effectiveness of treatments for widow...
A 15-year-old boy presented to the emergency department at a referring facility with right lower ext...
The spider genus Latrodectus, commonly called “widow spider,” is found all over the world. Its venom...
BACKGROUND: Tarantula spiders are widely kept and bred in captivity by both adults and children. The...
More than 40,000 species of spiders have been identified in the world. Spider bites is a common prob...
The Noble false widow spider Steatoda nobilis has expanded its range globally and may represent a po...