Arthropod Assault: A Case Report of Brown Recluse Envenomation in a Training Environment | Zendy

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Arthropod Assault: A Case Report of Brown Recluse Envenomation in a Training Environment

Author(s) -

Daniel R. Merrill,

Brit Long

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

military medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442

H-Index - 67

eISSN - 1930-613X

pISSN - 0026-4075

DOI - 10.1093/milmed/usaa092

Subject(s) - envenomation , poison control , medicine , active duty , medical emergency , emergency department , occupational safety and health , injury prevention , suicide prevention , military personnel , psychiatry , biology , pathology , venom , ecology , law , political science

Spider bites are a common emergency department complaint, accounting for ~21% of noncanine bites, injuries, and stings. Military service members, more so than most civilian personnel, are exposed to conditions that place them at increased risk for envenomation, stings, and bites. We present the case of an active duty service member working in a relatively austere environment who presented to a level 1 trauma center with a lesion consistent with a bite from a brown recluse spider, or Loxosceles reclusa.

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