ARACHNIDISM: A SERIOUS NEW AUSTRALIAN DISEASE
- 1 June 1989
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Anz Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 59 (6) , 507-510
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-2197.1989.tb01618.x
Abstract
Necrotizing dermatitis, or arachnidism, is a new life-threatening syndrome of which many clinicians are unaware. The condition commences as a rapidly spreading, painful skin inflammation which progresses to fulminating necrotizing dermatitis, involving considerable skin loss. Two cases of arachnidism are presented.Keywords
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