title: Acute kidney injury and dermonecrosis after Loxosceles reclusa envenomation.
abstract: Spiders of the Loxosceles species can cause dermonecrosis and acute kidney injury (AKI). Hemolysis, rhabdomyolysis and direct toxin-mediated renal damage have been postulated. There are very few reports of Loxoscelism from India. We report a case of AKI, hemolysis and a "gravitational" pattern of ulceration following the bite of the brown recluse spider (Loxosceles spp).
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nag
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Datta
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Das
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mondal
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ete
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chakraborty
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ghosh
keywords: Dermonecrosis; renal failure; spider bite
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