Spider bites in France: Epidaemiology of cases occurring in 10 years in metropolitan France.
latrodectism
loxoscelism
spider bites
yellow sac spider
Journal
Medical and veterinary entomology
ISSN: 1365-2915
Titre abrégé: Med Vet Entomol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8708682
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
06 2022
06 2022
Historique:
revised:
18
11
2021
received:
14
08
2021
accepted:
28
11
2021
pubmed:
16
12
2021
medline:
7
5
2022
entrez:
15
12
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Spiders are often wrongly designated as responsible for cutaneous eruptions. We aim to describe spider bites and the spider species implicated in metropolitan France. A retrospective observational study was conducted for all reported cases of spider bites from 2007 to 2018 extracted from the French Poison Control Centers (PCCs) information system, after exclusion of non-native spiders. We described identification of the spider, level of certainty of the bite, symptoms and severity of cases. 1194 cases of spider bites met the inclusion criteria. The average age of the patients was 36.9 ± 19.8 years. Identification of the species or at least that a spider was implicated was only possible in 346 cases (29.0%). Loxosceles were involved in 53 cases (4.4%), Latrodectus in 46 cases (3.9%) and Cheiracanthium in 35 cases (2.9%). In one third of cases, the involved spider was not known to be present where the bite occurred. Where most of the patients (n = 1111, 93%) reported at least one cutaneous symptom, most of the symptoms were neurological. The bite was considered proven in only 242 cases (20%). Despite the efforts of arachnologists to educate the public, the fear of spiders is still alive in France, where spider bite is rare with low severity and often unproven.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
159-167Informations de copyright
© 2021 Royal Entomological Society.
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