Citation

Pommier P, Rollard C, de Haro L. Presse Med. (1983) 2006; 35(12 Pt 1): 1825-1827.

Vernacular Title

Un cas de stéatodisme observé en Languedoc après morsure d'araignée du genre Steatoda.

Affiliation

Centre Antipoison, Hôpital Salvator, Marseille.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

17159734

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Cobweb spiders (genus Steatoda) are small species closely related to black widow spiders and their bites can induce envenomation known as steatodism. CASE: A 46-year-old man in the Gard district in southern France was sleeping in his bed when a spider (identification Steatoda triangulosa) bit him. Clinical manifestations included local signs together with systemic neurological symptoms resembling low-grade latrodectism (black widow envenomation). DISCUSSION: This first-recorded case of steatodism in southern France differs in several ways from the classic pattern of latrodectism in Europe: the bite occurred in home during winter and mild symptoms resolved quickly without hospital care. CONCLUSION: In endemic areas (in France the Mediterranean climate zone: Provence, Languedoc and Corsica), steatodism should be considered when low-grade latrodectism is observed.

Language: fr