Necrotic spider bites.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)

Publication: Skin & Allergy News

Publication Date: 01-JUL-04

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The article "Treatment Varies for Severe Loxosceles Spider Bites" was good, except for the statement that Loxosceles is probably the only important cause of necrotic arachnidism in the country (May 2004, p. 20).

This is not true--Tegenaria agrestis, the aggressive house spider, causes the same sort of symptoms and...

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