Spider myths and a case of a bite by a yellow sac spider

M Fasan, A Rennhofer, B Moser… - The Journal of the …, 2008 - Am Board Family Med
To the Editor: We enjoyed reading Frithsen's1 report on the paradox of the number of
reported spider bites exceeding the number of Loxosceles spiders in South Carolina. As an …

[CITATION][C] Community-based participatory research: providers, patient, and community in partnership to improve health disparities

M Reiner, DG Petereit - The Journal of the American Board of …, 2008 - Am Board Family Med
To the Editor: We enjoyed reading Frithsen's1 report on the paradox of the number of
reported spider bites exceeding the number of Loxosceles spiders in South Carolina. As an …

[PDF][PDF] Verified bites by yellow sac spiders (genus Cheiracanthium) in the United States and Australia: where is the necrosis?

RS Vetter, GK Isbister, SP Bush, LJ Boutin - American Journal of Tropical …, 2006 - Citeseer
Spiders of the genus Cheiracanthium are frequently reported in review articles and medical
references to be a definitive cause of dermonecrosis or necrotic arachnidism in humans. We …

[CITATION][C] Yellow Sac Spider Bite

AS Cifu, SL Stein - New England Journal of Medicine, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Yellow Sac Spider Bite A 53-year-old woman presented with pain, swelling, and
discoloration of her finger after being bitten by a yellow sac spider.

[HTML][HTML] Spider mythology across the world

GK Isbister - Western Journal of Medicine, 2001 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
To the editor, I would like to make some comments on the article by Dr Vetter on idiopathic
wounds and spider bites in the November issue of the journal. 1 Unfortunately, the …

Swiss prospective study on spider bites

M Gnädinger, W Nentwig, J Fuchs, A Ceschic - Swiss medical weekly, 2013 - zora.uzh.ch
Knowledge of spider bites in Central Europe derives mainly from anecdotal case
presentations; therefore we aimed to collect cases systematically. From June 2011 to …

Black widow spider

ET Matthews - New England Journal of Medicine, 1997 - Mass Medical Soc
To the Editor: Thanks to Dr. Stack (June 5 issue) 1 for the stunning photograph and
description of the black widow spider. However, in my area, I usually encounter black widow …

Misdiagnosis of brown recluse spider bite

S de A Nishioka - Western Journal of Medicine, 2001 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
To the editor, Vetter has a point in claiming that brown recluse spider bite is likely to be
overdiagnosed in the United States given that the diagnosis is usually based solely on …

Spiders in dermatology

JK Kang, C Bhate, RA Schwartz - , 33, 3, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
Spider bites represent an unusual and potentially overrepresented clinical diagnosis.
Despite a common fear of spiders, known as arachnophobia, current knowledge suggests …

Medical aspects of spider bites

RS Vetter, GK Isbister - Annu. Rev. Entomol., 2008 - annualreviews.org
Spiders have been incriminated as causes of human suffering for centuries, but few species
worldwide cause medically significant envenomation. Widow spiders (Latrodectus spp.) …