Centipede bites in Japan.
Five cases of centipede bites are reported. The patients showed erythema in response to swelling, and/or paresis around the sites. They had been bitten by Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans Koch or Scolopendra subspinipes multidens Newport. There was no species-specific reaction to the bite, so the variety of reactions seen was thought to be due to patients' individual differences. Treatment included local anesthesia, systemic and/or topical corticosteroids, and administration of a biscoclaurin alkaloid, as needed according to the severity of the lesions.
Mohri
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Division of Dermatology, Yokohama Sakae Kyosai Hospital, Japan.
Sugiyama
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A
Saito
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Nakajima
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H
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001181:Arthropods; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged