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Environmental health
Volume 171 - Issue 11

Funnel-web spider (Hadronyche infensa) envenomations in coastal south-east Queensland

Authors:  Anthony P Harrington, Robert J Raven, Paul C Bowe, Gabrielle M Hawdon and Kenneth D Winkel

Med J Aust 1999; 171 (11): 651-653.
Published online: 6 December 1999
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Bites and Stings

Funnel-web spider (Hadronyche infensa) envenomations in coastal south-east Queensland

Five patients with confirmed funnel-web spider bites (Hadronyche infensa) presented to Nambour General Hospital, in south-east Queensland, between 1992 and 1998. Two patients required antivenom; low doses of antivenom were effective. Patients were bitten in spring and early summer. In areas such as this, where funnel-web spider bites are reported less frequently than in New South Wales, clinicians and the community should be aware of the risks and immediate management of these bites.

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Anthony P Harrington, Robert J Raven, Paul C Bowe, Gabrielle M Hawdon and Kenneth D Winkel

MJA 1999; 171: 651-653

Introduction - Clinical record - Discussion - Acknowledgements - References - Authors' details
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Authors

  • Anthony P Harrington
  • Robert J Raven
  • Paul C Bowe
  • Gabrielle M Hawdon
  • Kenneth D Winkel

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