title: [Centipede stings notified by the "Centro de Informações Toxicológicas de Belém", over a 2-year period].
abstract: Centipedes are arthropods of the class Chilopoda. The objective of this work was to study the incidence of accidents involving centipedes at "Centro de Informações Toxicológicas de Belém" (CIT-Belém) over a two-year period. Seventy-six patients were studied from March 30, 1998 until March 30, 2000. Centipede accidents occurred in 16.8% of all accidents by venomous animals at Centro de Informações Toxicológicas de Belém; compared to snake accidents, 44.4 % and scorpion accidents, 20.5%. The majority of cases occurred in the residence (86.8%). The most important age group was 20-49 years old (64.4%). The part of human body mostly affected was the superior members (47.4 %). Local pain and edema were found in 95.8% and 52.1% of the patients, respectively. Treatment was symptomatic. Healing occurred in 94.7%, although the outcome of 5.3% of cases was unknown. Centipede accidents are a benign accident, occurring within the residence and treatment consists of measures to decrease the pain.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Pará, Guama Belem, PA, Brasil.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Barroso
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Hidaka
authors.forename: A X
authors.initials: AX
authors.lastname: dos Santos
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Matos França
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: de Sousa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rodrigues Valente
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Amoras Magalhães
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Oliveira Pardal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001181:Arthropods; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors