DERMATITIS CAUSED BY CENTIPEDE ENVENOMATION: A CASE REPORT
Accidents caused by centipedes in Brazil result in mild envenomation, where pain, erythema and edema are predominant. Cases rarely evolve to complication stages. This report presents a clinical case of dermatitis produced by an unidentified centipede, registered at the ToxicologicalInformation Cente...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2018 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG) |
| Repositorio: | Revista de patologia tropical (Online) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.revistas.ufg.br:article/51014 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.ufg.br/iptsp/article/view/51014 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Arthropods bites and stings dermatitis necrosis. Dermatology |
| Sumario: | Accidents caused by centipedes in Brazil result in mild envenomation, where pain, erythema and edema are predominant. Cases rarely evolve to complication stages. This report presents a clinical case of dermatitis produced by an unidentified centipede, registered at the ToxicologicalInformation Center of Belém-Pará, which evolved to blisters and necrosis. The patient underwent treatment with antibiotics and oral anti-inflammatory drugs, topical bactericides and surgical cleaning; resulting in cicatrization of the wound. The purpose of this report is to inform health professionals of the possibility of complications, which should be considered and dealt with conventionally. |
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