@article{ref1,
title="Steatoda spider envenomation in southern France",
journal="Presse Medicale (1983)",
year="2006",
author="Pommier, Philip and Rollard, Christine and de Haro, Luc",
volume="35",
number="12 Pt 1",
pages="1825-1827",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: Cobweb spiders (genus Steatoda) are small species closely related to black widow spiders and their bites can induce envenomation known as steatodism. CASE: A 46-year-old man in the Gard district in southern France was sleeping in his bed when a spider (identification Steatoda triangulosa) bit him. Clinical manifestations included local signs together with systemic neurological symptoms resembling low-grade latrodectism (black widow envenomation). DISCUSSION: This first-recorded case of steatodism in southern France differs in several ways from the classic pattern of latrodectism in Europe: the bite occurred in home during winter and mild symptoms resolved quickly without hospital care. CONCLUSION: In endemic areas (in France the Mediterranean climate zone: Provence, Languedoc and Corsica), steatodism should be considered when low-grade latrodectism is observed.<p /><p>Language: fr</p>",
language="fr",
issn="0755-4982",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}