Citation

Abdulkader RCRM, Barbaro KC, Barros EJ, Burdmann EA. Semin. Nephrol. 2008; 28(4): 373-382.

Affiliation

Laboratory of Renal Physiopathology, School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.semnephrol.2008.04.006

PMID

18620960

Abstract

One of the most important and lethal effects of animal venoms is nephrotoxicity. In Latin America, severe acute kidney injury has been reported after accidents with poisonous arthropods such as bees, caterpillars of the genus Lonomia, and spiders of the genus Loxosceles. In this article the characteristics of these venoms, their probable mechanisms of renal damage, and the clinical picture of the accidents are reviewed.

Language: en