Caterpillar stings: a case study

AAOHN J. 2009 Oct;57(10):402-3. doi: 10.3928/08910162-20090928-02.

Abstract

Lepidoptera can cause serious injury from toxic envenomation to humans. This case study involves a report of a caterpillar stinging a greens keeper foreman while working.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Agricultural Workers' Diseases* / drug therapy
  • Agricultural Workers' Diseases* / etiology
  • Animals
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use
  • Dexamethasone / therapeutic use
  • Diphenhydramine / therapeutic use
  • Histamine H1 Antagonists / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Insect Bites and Stings* / drug therapy
  • Insect Bites and Stings* / etiology
  • Insect Control
  • Lepidoptera*
  • Male
  • Pennsylvania
  • Poaceae
  • Urticaria* / drug therapy
  • Urticaria* / etiology

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Histamine H1 Antagonists
  • Dexamethasone
  • Diphenhydramine