Open AccessAcute kidney injury and dermonecrosis after Loxosceles reclusa envenomation
Author(s) -
Arijit Nag,
Joydip Datta,
Arindam Das,
Anil Agarwal,
Debanjali Sinha,
Samim Ali Mondal,
Tony Ete,
Atanu Chakraborty,
Sujoy Ghosh
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of nephrology/indian journal of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1998-3662
pISSN - 0971-4065
DOI - 10.4103/0971-4065.133017
Subject(s) - envenomation , hemolysis , medicine , spider , acute kidney injury , rhabdomyolysis , venom , biology , surgery , zoology , ecology
Spiders of the Loxosceles species can cause dermonecrosis and acute kidney injury (AKI). Hemolysis, rhabdomyolysis and direct toxin-mediated renal damage have been postulated. There are very few reports of Loxoscelism from India. We report a case of AKI, hemolysis and a "gravitational" pattern of ulceration following the bite of the brown recluse spider (Loxosceles spp).