Venom of the Brazilian spider Sicarius ornatus (Araneae, Sicariidae) contains active sphingomyelinase D: potential for toxicity after envenomation.

• Egile Nagusiak: Priscila Hess Lopes (Egilea), Rogério Bertani (Egilea), Rute M Gonçalves- (Egilea), Roberto H Nagahama (Egilea), Carmen W van den Berg (Egilea), Denise V Tambourgi (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:The spider family Sicariidae includes two genera, Sicarius and Loxosceles. Bites by Sicarius are uncommon in humans and, in Brazil, a single report is known of a 17-year old man bitten by a Sicarius species that developed a necrotic lesion similar to that caused by Loxosceles. Envenomatio...