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.
Descreve-se um caso de menina de 6 anos de idade picada por um Centruroides testaceus, escorpião nativo das Antilhas, no interior do Aeroporto Internacional de Guarulhos, São Paulo, Brasil, após ter desembarcado de um vôo vindo do Caribe. A paciente apresentou apenas sintomas locais (pequena área de eritema e dor no local da picada), resolvidos em algumas horas com uso de analgésicos, não necessitando receber soro antiveneno. Os médicos que tratam pacientes picados por escorpiões devem estar precavidos quanto à possibilidade dos acidentes serem causados por espécies não-nativas, especialmente nos que ocorrem próximos a aeroportos ou portos.
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Animals , Child , Female , Humans , Spider Bites/diagnosis , Scorpions/classification , Spider Bites/etiology , TravelABSTRACT
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.
