Swiss Study on Spider Bites (SSSB)

University of Zurich (UZH)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Spider Bite

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01355744

SSSB

Details and patient eligibility

About

About spider bites in Middle Europe, there are published only a dozen cases. The investigators suspect that they may be much more frequent than reflected by the literature analysis (but much less dangerous than thought by people). From June 1st 2011 to November 30st 2012 the investigators collect clinical data on patients treated for spider bites in Switzerland.

Full description

Inclusion criteria: Every human treated for suspected spider bite in Switzerland willing to participate this study.

Enrollment: 17 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• adult or child treated for a suspected spider bite in Switzerland

Exclusion criteria

• unwillingness to participate to the study

Trial design

17 participants in 1 patient group

Spider bite patients

Description:

All patients treated for an actual spider bite by a Swiss physician during study period.