Ant sting-induced whole-body pustules in an inebriated male: A case report

Table 1 Clinical characters of the patient at admission and following treatments for him

Basic characters		Symptoms and signs		Test results			Treatments
				Indicators	Results	Reference
Gender	Male	Fever	As high as 40 ℃	WBC count (109/L)	10.48	3.5-9.5	Methylprednisolone2	60 mg for 2 d, 40 mg for 3 d, and 20 mg for 2 d through intravenous drip
Age (yr)	70	Headache	Unconspicuous	Neutrophil count (109/L)	8.95	1.8-6.3	Oral antihistamine	Loratadine 10 mg every day for 12 d
Height (cm)	176	Stomachache	Yes	Eosinophil count (109/L)	0.61	0.02-0.52	Oral sedative	Diazepam 2.5 mg every night for 8 d
Weight (kg)	63	Vomiting	Transient	Lactate dehydrogenase (U/L)	493	100-245	Oral antihypertensive drug	Amlodipine besylate 5 mg every day
Blood pressure (mmHg)1	154/84	Hematochezia	Transient	Creatine kinase (U/L)	101	50-310	Cold compresses	0.1% potassium permanganate solution was applied to erosion surfaces and swelling areas
Pulse (beats/min)	80	Diarrhea	None	Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L)	33	15-40	\	\
Breath (times/min)	20	Cough	None	Alanine aminotransferase (U/L)	30	9-50	\	\
Body temperature (℃)	36.6	Soliloquy	Yes	Serum potassium (mmol/L)	4.2	3.5-5.5	\	\
Smoking	Not often	Sleep disturbances	Yes	Serum natrium (mmol/L)	130	137-147	\	\
Alcohol drinking	Often	Abdominal tenderness	None	Fasting blood-glucose (mmol/L)	5.34	3.9-6.1	\	\
Food allergy	None	Neck rigidity	None	Uric Acid (umol/L)	385	208-428	\	\
Drug allergy	None	Muscle tension of extremities	Normal	Total IgE (IU/mL)	196.8	0-100	\	\
Tumor	None	Breath sounds	Normal	Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (mm/h)	62	0-15	\	\
Family history	None	Dysrhythmia	None	C-reactive protein (mg/L)	21.04	≤ 6.00	\	\

¹The blood pressure is in normal range after oral hypotensive drug.

²The patient’s family members informed us that the patient was treated with intramuscular injection of dexamethasone sodium phosphate (10 mg/d) in local hospital.