title: [The treatment of cutaneous loxoscelism with dapsone].
abstract: Previous treatment of dermic lesions caused by brown recluse spider bite has given disappointing results. Cold, steroids and surgical measures are usually ineffective. Following encouraging results reported with the use of dapsone (4-4 diamine diphenyl sulphone) we treated 2 patients with severe dermic lesions. Both recovered satisfactorily. Thus, dapsone is an effective therapy for dermic lesions caused by brown recluse spider bite. The potential toxic effects of this sulphone derivative suggest that it should be used only in severe cases of the disease.
authors: Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital San Juan de Dios, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago.
authors: M I
authors: MI
authors: Benavides
authors: X
authors: X
authors: Moncada
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003622:Dapsone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D001098:Spider Bites / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D003622:Dapsone
vernacular_title: Tratamiento de loxocelismo cutaneo con dapsona.