Abstract
Describes the case of a 6-year-old girl who was stung by a Centruroides testaceus, a scorpion native to the Lesser Antilles, in the Guarulhos International Airport, São Paulo, Brazil, as she disembarked from a flight coming from the Caribbean. The patient presented only local symptoms (a small area of erythema and pain at the sting site), which were resolved after a few hours with analgesics, without the need for antivenom. Physicians who treat patients stung by scorpions should be alert to the possibility of such accidents being caused by non native species, especially those cases that occur near airports or ports.
Highlights
Envenomation associated with scorpion stings is a serious public health problem in tropical and subtropical countries
There are no cases of scorpionism caused by Centruroides testaceus (DeGeer, 1778), native to the Antilles[7], reported in the literature
We describe the case of a 6-year-old girl who was stung by a Centruroides testaceus in the Guarulhos International Airport, São Paulo, Brazil, as she disembarked from a flight coming from the Caribbean
Summary
Envenomation associated with scorpion stings is a serious public health problem in tropical and subtropical countries. There are no cases of scorpionism caused by Centruroides testaceus (DeGeer, 1778), native to the Antilles[7], reported in the literature.
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