Case Report Saudi Med J 2020

A loxoscelism case received therapeutic apheresis and hyperbaric oxygen therapy

Cetinkaya A, Aydin K, Sirakaya H, Yilmaz R — Saudi Med J, 2020

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Summary

What Researchers Did

The researchers reported a case of a 24-year-old man with severe loxoscelism who was successfully treated with a multidisciplinary approach.

What They Found

A 24-year-old man presented with a Loxosceles spider bite, developing a dermonecrotic lesion, vomiting, diarrhea, acute renal injury, and rhabdomyolysis. He was successfully treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy, therapeutic apheresis, hemodialysis, wound debridement, and cutaneous autografting.

Canadian Relevance

This case report has no direct Canadian connection as Loxosceles spiders are not endemic to Canada.

Study Limitations

As a case report, the findings are limited to a single patient and may not be generalizable to all cases of loxoscelism.

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Study Details

Study Type	Case Report
Category	Infection
Source	Pubmed
PubMed ID	33294896
Year Published	2020
Journal	Saudi Med J
MeSH Terms	Acute Kidney Injury; Adult; Animals; Blood Component Removal; Brown Recluse Spider; Diarrhea; Early Diagnosis; Fasciitis, Necrotizing; Humans; Hyperbaric Oxygenation; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases; Rhabdomyolysis; Spider Bites; Spider Venoms; Treatment Outcome; Vomiting; Young Adult

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