Tratamiento de loxocelismos cutáneo con dapsona / Brown recluse spider bite: treatment of cutaneous lesions with dapsone: 2 cases report

ABSTRACT

Previous treatment of dermic lesions caused by brown recluse spider bite has given disappointing results. Cold, steroids and surgical measures are usually ineffective. Following encouraging results reported with the use of dapsone (4-4, diamine diphenyl sulphone) we treated 2 patients with severe dermic lesions. Both recovered satisfactorily. Thus, dapsone is an effective therapy for dermic lesions caused by brown recluse spider bite. The potential toxic effects of thsi sulphone derivative suggest that it should be used only in severe cases of the disease