title: Neurotoxic envenoming by an immigrant spider (Steatoda nobilis) in southern England.
abstract: A young woman was bitten on the shoulder by a female Steatoda nobilis spider, in Worthing on the south coast of England. She noticed intense radiating pain, local sweating (indicating parasympathetic stimulation) and feverishness. This immigrant species from the Canary Islands has established itself along the south coast of England in recent years. Like the related Mediterranean species S. paykulliana, S. nobilis may be of medical importance and deserves further study.
authors.affiliation: University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, U.K.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Warrell
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shaheen
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Hillyard
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001266:Atlantic Islands; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009498:Neurotoxins / Q000506:poisoning*; D010146:Pain / Q000139:chemically induced; D001098:Spider Bites / Q000473:pathology*; D013112:Spiders / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D009498:Neurotoxins