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Funnel-web spider (Hadronyche infensa) envenomations in coastal south-east Queensland
A P Harrington1, R J Raven, P C Bowe
1Department of Emergency Medicine, Nambour General Hospital, QLD. harringt@health.qld.gov.au
The Medical Journal of Australia
|March 18, 2000
Abstract:
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.