Citation

Lobo RA, Goldoni PA, Souza CA, Medeiros CR. Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. 2011; 44(6): 789-791.

Affiliation

Hospital Vital Brazil, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, SP.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Sociedade Brasileira De Medicina Tropical)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

22231258

Abstract

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.

Language: en