Envenomation by the puss caterpillar (Megalopyge opercularis)
| Autor: | James Alan Morgan, Robert T Pinson |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
biology Injury control Urticaria Accident prevention business.industry Poison control Insect Bites and Stings Hemorrhage Middle Aged Moths biology.organism_classification Animal origin Dermatology Surgery Megalopyge opercularis Emergency Medicine medicine Animals Humans Female Envenomation Caterpillar business Arthropod Venoms |
| Zdroj: | Annals of emergency medicine. 20(5) |
| ISSN: | 0196-0644 |
| Popis: | We discuss the case of a 52-year-old woman who developed urticarial lesions after the acute envenomation of a puss caterpillar (Megalopyge opercularis). The puss caterpillar, one of more than 50 species of caterpillars that can cause envenomation in the United States, is considered to be one of the most serious. Its clinical presentation and current recommended treatments are reviewed. |
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