Envenomation by Centruroides pococki scorpion with neuromuscular toxicity

Weniko Caré; Sébastien Larréché; Paul Busser; Laurène Dufayet; Dominique Vodovar; Luc de Haro; Jérôme Langrand

doi:10.1016/j.toxicon.2020.12.005

Envenomation by Centruroides pococki scorpion with neuromuscular toxicity

Toxicon. 2021 Jan 30:190:39-40. doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2020.12.005. Epub 2020 Dec 13.

Authors

Weniko Caré¹, Sébastien Larréché², Paul Busser³, Laurène Dufayet⁴, Dominique Vodovar⁵, Luc de Haro⁶, Jérôme Langrand⁷

Affiliations

¹ Paris Poison Control Center, Toxicology Federation (FeTox), Fernand Widal Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France; Department of Internal Medicine, Percy Military Teaching Hospital, Clamart, France. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Medical Biology, Bégin Military Teaching Hospital, Saint-Mandé, France.
³ Emergency Department, Basse-Terre Hospital, Basse-Terre, France.
⁴ Paris Poison Control Center, Toxicology Federation (FeTox), Fernand Widal Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France; Forensic Department, Hôtel Dieu Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France; INSERM, UMR-S 1144, Paris, France.
⁵ Paris Poison Control Center, Toxicology Federation (FeTox), Fernand Widal Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France; INSERM, UMR-S 1144, Paris, France.
⁶ Marseille Poison Control Center, Sainte Marguerite Hospital, AP-HM, Marseille, France.
⁷ Paris Poison Control Center, Toxicology Federation (FeTox), Fernand Widal Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France.

PMID: 33321147
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2020.12.005

Abstract

Cases of human envenomation by Centruroides pococki are exceptionally reported in human. We report a Class III human envenomation by C. pococki in Guadeloupe, French West Indies, with neuromuscular toxicity that has never been described before. Symptoms resolved within a few hours, without the need for intravenous scorpion-specific antivenom.

Keywords: Buthidae; Centruroides; Envenomation; Scorpion.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Administration, Intravenous
Adult
Animals
Antivenins
Female
Guadeloupe
Humans
Nervous System / drug effects*
Scorpion Stings
Scorpion Venoms / toxicity*
Scorpions*
West Indies

Substances

Antivenins
Scorpion Venoms