Meaning of loxoscelism | Babel Free

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A necrotic condition caused by the bite of a recluse spider (genus Loxosceles).

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“1978, H. Schenone, G. Suarez, Chapter II: Venoms of Scytotidae, Genus Loxosceles, Sergio Bettini (editor), Arthropod Venoms, Springer, 2012 softcover reprint, page 266, Regardless of the clinical form⟳ of loxoscelism, but according to the extension and deepness of the lesions in 89.6 % of the cases they may heal in a very complete⟳ and convenient form⟳, within 1 – 3 weeks.”

“2004, Hernán F. Gómez, Harry S. Wasserman, Chapter 249: Recluse Spider and Other Necrotizing Arachnids, Richard C. Dart (editor), Medical Toxicology, 3rd edition, Wolters Kluwer (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins), page 1600, In a subset of bite⟳ victims, serious manifestations of systemic loxoscelism develop⟳. The major life-threatening effects of loxoscelism include⟳ hemolysis, DIC, and sepsis. Patients with systemic loxoscelism are admitted to an intensive care unit environment and should receive⟳ serial laboratory tests, including a complete⟳ blood count⟳, platelet count⟳, and urine hemoglobin or myoglobin.”

“The loxoscelism was first described in 1937 by the Chilean physician Atilio Macchiavello Varas [81, 82], who demonstrated that L. laeta bite⟳ caused the “arañismo cutáneogangrenoso y hemolitico do Chile”.”

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