Citation

Warrell DA, Shaheen J, Hillyard PD, Jones D. Toxicon 1991; 29(10): 1263-1265.

Affiliation

University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, U.K.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1801319

Abstract

A young woman was bitten on the shoulder by a female Steatoda nobilis spider, in Worthing on the south coast of England. She noticed intense radiating pain, local sweating (indicating parasympathetic stimulation) and feverishness. This immigrant species from the Canary Islands has established itself along the south coast of England in recent years. Like the related Mediterranean species S. paykulliana, S. nobilis may be of medical importance and deserves further study.

Language: en