A CASE OF SCORPIONISM CAUSED BY Tityus brazilae (SCORPIONES, BUTHIDAE) IN PERNAMBUCO STATE, BRAZIL
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https://doi.org/10.65259/rnzool.v14i1.9Keywords:
envenomation, medical importance, public health, scorpion accidentAbstract
Accidents involving scorpions represent a risk to public health, principally in tropical countries. Thus, we present the first report of scorpionism caused by Tityus brazilae Lourenço & Eickstedt, 1984 in the Pernambuco state. This case occurred in an Atlantic Forest fragment located in the municipality of Araçoiaba. The accident involved an adult man stung in the hand. Clinical symptoms have been described as local (pain and numbness sensation) and systemic (chills followed by agitation, fever, and drowsiness). The case described here was classified as moderate, allowing the addition of T. brazilae as a species of medical importance in the state of Pernambuco.
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