TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Accident caused by Centruroides testaceus (DeGeer, 1778) (Scorpiones, Buthidae), native to the Caribbean, in Brazilian airport
JO  - Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
A1  - Lobo, Ricardo Antônio
A1  - Goldoni, Paulo André Margonari
A1  - Souza, Cláudio Augusto Ribeiro de
A1  - Medeiros, Carlos Roberto de
SP  - 789
EP  - 791
VL  - 44
IS  - 6
N2  - Describes the case of a 6-year-old girl who was stung by a Centruroides testaceus, a scorpion native to the Lesser Antilles, in the Guarulhos International Airport, São Paulo, Brazil, as she disembarked from a flight coming from the Caribbean. The patient presented only local symptoms (a small area of erythema and pain at the sting site), which were resolved after a few hours with analgesics, without the need for antivenom. Physicians who treat patients stung by scorpions should be alert to the possibility of such accidents being caused by non native species, especially those cases that occur near airports or ports.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0037-8682
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -