Citation

Pereira Dos Santos CE, de Souza JR, Zanette RA, da Silva FJ, Strussmann C. Wilderness Environ. Med. 2019; 30(1): 63-65.

Affiliation

Postgraduation Program in Zoology, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Brazil.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.wem.2018.10.002

PMID

30638665

Abstract

A 47-y-old man was bitten by a reduviid bug from the Zelus Fabricius, 1803 genus, which was hidden inside a rubber-coated boot. The bite caused immediate and sharp pain, followed by local edema and constant pruritus for 15 d. Pain and fever within the first 24 h were managed with analgesics as needed, and resolution was complete and without sequelae after 21 d.

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Language: en

Keywords

acute pain; local reaction; reduviid; reduviid bug