An Irritable Infant and the Runaway Redback: An Instructive Case

The envenomation syndrome of Redback spider bites, lactrodectism, is distinctive. However diagnosis can be difficult due to an atypical presentation. We describe the case of a 1 year old boy with irritability, diaphoresis and reduced oral intake, in whom a diagnosis was made of redback spider bite....

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Autores principales: Ward, Thomas R., Falconer, James A., Craven, John A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3542937/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23326689
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/125740
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description The envenomation syndrome of Redback spider bites, lactrodectism, is distinctive. However diagnosis can be difficult due to an atypical presentation. We describe the case of a 1 year old boy with irritability, diaphoresis and reduced oral intake, in whom a diagnosis was made of redback spider bite. Successful resolution of symptoms was achieved following treatment with antivenom. The symptoms and management of redback spider bites is discussed.
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spelling pubmed-35429372013-01-16 An Irritable Infant and the Runaway Redback: An Instructive Case Ward, Thomas R. Falconer, James A. Craven, John A. Case Rep Emerg Med Case Report The envenomation syndrome of Redback spider bites, lactrodectism, is distinctive. However diagnosis can be difficult due to an atypical presentation. We describe the case of a 1 year old boy with irritability, diaphoresis and reduced oral intake, in whom a diagnosis was made of redback spider bite. Successful resolution of symptoms was achieved following treatment with antivenom. The symptoms and management of redback spider bites is discussed. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 2011-09-28 /pmc/articles/PMC3542937/ /pubmed/23326689 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/125740 Text en Copyright © 2011 Thomas R. Ward et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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