TY - JOUR
T1 - Severe intravascular haemolysis due to brown recluse spider bite
T2 - A life threatening but treatable condition
AU - Ahmed, Mushtaque
AU - Bashir, Mustafa Hamid
AU - Gariballa, Salah
PY - 2007/4
Y1 - 2007/4
N2 - A 44-year-old male gardener presented with fever, vomiting and necrotic sloughing skin following a sting by an insect while removing dead leaves from palm trees. On day 3 of his hospital stay he developed jaundice and severe Coomb's-positive haemolytic anaemia. He continued to deteriorate despite intensive treatment with intravenous fluids replacement, blood transfusion and antibiotics. He eventually made an excellent recovery with high dose intravenous steroids.
AB - A 44-year-old male gardener presented with fever, vomiting and necrotic sloughing skin following a sting by an insect while removing dead leaves from palm trees. On day 3 of his hospital stay he developed jaundice and severe Coomb's-positive haemolytic anaemia. He continued to deteriorate despite intensive treatment with intravenous fluids replacement, blood transfusion and antibiotics. He eventually made an excellent recovery with high dose intravenous steroids.
KW - Brown recluse
KW - Haemolysis
KW - Spider
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34447118784
SN - 0250-6882
VL - 25
SP - 77
EP - 78
JO - New Emirates Medical Journal
JF - New Emirates Medical Journal
IS - 1
ER -