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A CASE OF HEMOLYSIS RESULTING FROM CONTACT WITH A LONOMIA CATERPILLAR IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL

2006; American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene; Volume: 74; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4269/ajtmh.2006.74.807

ISSN

1476-1645

Autores

Ceila María Sant’Ana Malaque, Lúcia Andrade, Geraldine Madalosso, Sandra C. Tomy, Flávio L. Tavares, Antônio Carlos Seguro,

Tópico(s)

Forest Insect Ecology and Management

Resumo

Contact with a caterpillar of the genus Lonomia can result in a hemorrhagic syndrome. Lonomia obliqua venom activates prothrombin and factor X and promotes fibrinogenolytic activity. Although crude L. obliqua bristle extract can induce hemolytic activity in human and rat erythrocytes, there have been no reports of hemolysis in the cases of human contact. We report a confirmed human case of Lonomia venom-induced hemolysis.

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