Hemorrhagic erucism due to Lonomia spp. in Peru - A call for action.

Autor: Ramírez García EA; Universidad Nacional de la Amazonía Peruana (UNAP) Iquitos, Peru; Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Hospital Regional de Loreto 'Felipe Santiago Arriola Iglesias' Iquitos, Peru. Electronic address: edgarramirez407@gmail.com., Canchanya-Olimar MJV; Universidad Nacional de la Amazonía Peruana (UNAP) Iquitos, Peru., Rojas Del Águila M; Universidad Nacional de la Amazonía Peruana (UNAP) Iquitos, Peru., Agudelo Higuita NI; Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA; Instituto de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Parasitología Antonio Vidal, Tegucigalpa, Honduras., Henao-Martínez AF; Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, CO, USA., Franco-Paredes C; Hospital Infantil de México, Federico Gómez, México City, Mexico; Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA., Marcos LA; Division of Infectious Diseases, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY, USA; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA., Celis Salinas JC; Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Hospital Regional de Loreto 'Felipe Santiago Arriola Iglesias' Iquitos, Peru., Casapia Morales M; Universidad Nacional de la Amazonía Peruana (UNAP) Iquitos, Peru; Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Hospital Regional de Loreto 'Felipe Santiago Arriola Iglesias' Iquitos, Peru.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Travel medicine and infectious disease [Travel Med Infect Dis] 2024 Nov-Dec; Vol. 62, pp. 102774. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 16.
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2024.102774
Abstrakt: Envenomation due to exposure to caterpillars is an emerging public health problem. A life-threatening bleeding diathesis has been described in South America after exposure to Lonomia obliqua or L. acheolus. Deforestation, forest degradation, and global warming might increase the frequency of human exposure to these insects. Prompt recognition and administration of antivenom are crucial to ensure a favorable outcome.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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