First Described Envenomation by Centruroides pococki Scorpion in the French Caribbean Island Guadeloupe

Pediatric electrocardiograph abnormalities following Centruroides limpidus tecomanus scorpion envenomation.

Scorpionism is an endemic public health problem in Mexico [Hoffmann, C.C., 1936. La distribucion geografica de los alacranes peligrosos en la Republica Mexicana. Bol. Inst. Hygiene Mex. 2, 321; Hoffmann, C.C., Nieto, D.R., 1939. Segunda contribucion al conocimiento de los alacranes mexicanos. Anal. Inst. Biol. 10, 83-92; Mazzoti, L., Bravo-Becherelle, M.A., 1963. Scorpionism in the Mexican Repu...

Envenomation by the scorpion Centruroides exilicauda (C sculpturatus): severe and unusual manifestations.

Rem Sleep Behavior Disorder Introduction a New, Abnormally Frequent, Form of Atypical Parkinsonism Was Described in 1999 on the French Caribbean Island of Guadeloupe.1,

A NEW, ABNORMALLY FREQUENT, FORM OF ATYPICAL PARKINSONISM WAS DESCRIBED IN 1999 ON THE FRENCH CARIBBEAN ISLAND OF GUADELOUPE.1, 2 A detailed clinical analysis of 160 successive patients seen in the neurology department of the University Hospital in Pointe-àPitre, Guadeloupe, showed that one third of the patients had a progressive supranuclear palsy-like syndrome (Gd-PSP), consisting of levodopa...

Afro-Caribbean pemphigus: epidemiological data from a 5-year prospective study on the island of Guadeloupe (French West Indies).

BACKGROUND There are no reported epidemiological data regarding autoimmune pemphigus in the Afro-Caribbean population. OBJECTIVES To present the epidemiology of autoimmune pemphigus on the island of Guadeloupe (French West Indies, 400,736 inhabitants, mostly black Caribbean of African European descent). MATERIALS AND METHODS Five-year prospective study. Inclusion of the incident cases when ...

Methamphetamine Ingestion Misdiagnosed as Centruroides sculpturatus Envenomation

The authors present a case report of a 17-month-old female child who ingested a large amount of methamphetamine that looked very similar clinically to a scorpion envenomation specific to the southwestern United States by the species Centruroides sculpturatus. The child was initially treated with 3 vials of antivenom specific for that scorpion species and showed a transient, though clinically re...