Unconscious Woman in Shock and Covered with Ants Pulled from an Abandoned Automobile

A middle-aged female was taken from an abandoned automobile unconscious and covered with ants in Tucson, AZ. When hospitalized in July 2018 she had an extensive papular-pustular skin eruption on her abdomen and thigh and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). She had been stung innumerable times by native golden fire ants (Solenopsis aurea) while sleeping in the vehicle.The clinical findings of fire ant stings are presented as well as the importance of recognizing the distinctive skin lesions produced by the stings.