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Presumed Arachnidism
Author(s) -
Hillis Timothy J.,
GrantKels Jane M.,
Jacoby Lawrence M.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1986.tb03402.x
Subject(s) - medicine , spider , dermatology , blisters , envenomation , surgery , zoology , ecology , venom , immunology , biology
An 8‐year‐old boy with multiple (up to 12) hemorrhagic and necrotic blisters was eventually diagnosed as being the victim of probable spider bites. Arachnidism, specifically loxoscelism (brown recluse spider bite), is unusual in the northeastern United States.