Key references: Funnel-web spider bite

  • Isbister GK. Mouse spider bites (Missulena spp.) and their medical importance. A systematic review. Med J Aust 2004;180(5):225–7. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14984342
  • Isbister GK, Gray MR, Balit CR, Raven RJ, Stokes BJ, Porges K, et al. Funnel-web spider bite: a systematic review of recorded clinical cases. Med J Aust 2005;182(8):407–11. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15850438
  • Isbister GK, Sellors KV, Beckmann U, Chiew AL, Downes MA, Berling I. Catecholamine-induced cardiomyopathy resulting from life-threatening funnel-web spider envenoming. Med J Aust 2015;203(7):302–4. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26424069
  • Miller M, O’Leary MA, Isbister GK. Towards rationalisation of antivenom use in funnel-web spider envenoming: enzyme immunoassays for venom concentrations. Clin Toxicol (Phila) 2016;54(3):245–51. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26678882