Severe Anaphylactic Shock Following a Slow Loris Bite in a Patient with Cat Allergy

The slow loris monkey is one of the few venomous mammals. Its venom repels predators and can cause anaphylactic shock and even death in humans. The venom protein has been evaluated and has high sequence similarity to cat allergen; however, no studies involving subjects with cat allergy and who have...

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Published inInternal Medicine Vol. 60; no. 18; pp. 3037 - 3039
Main Authors Inoue, Fumiya, Inoue, Akihiko, Tsuboi, Takafumi, Ichikawa, Tetsuya, Suga, Masafumi, Ishihara, Satoshi, Nakayama, Shinichi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Japan The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 15.09.2021
Japan Science and Technology Agency
Subjects
Allergens
Allergies
Anaphylaxis
Case Report
cat allergy
Internal medicine
monkey bite
Predators
slow loris
Venom
cat allergy
anaphylaxis
monkey bite
slow loris
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Summary:The slow loris monkey is one of the few venomous mammals. Its venom repels predators and can cause anaphylactic shock and even death in humans. The venom protein has been evaluated and has high sequence similarity to cat allergen; however, no studies involving subjects with cat allergy and who have been exposed to slow loris venom have been reported. We herein report the first case of severe anaphylactic shock following a slow loris bite in a patient with cat allergy.
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Correspondence to Dr.　Akihiko Inoue, i.akihiko1985@gmail.com
ISSN:0918-2918
1349-7235
DOI:10.2169/internalmedicine.6775-20