Necrotic Arachnidism

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A CLINICAL entity that is being recognized and reported in the literature increasingly often is necrotic arachnidism produced by the bite of the Loxosceles reclusa. Although a similar disease, gangrenous spot, has been well known in South America for a number of years it was not until 1957 that necrotic arachnidism and its cause was recognized in this country.1 Previously, the several species of latrodectus, or black widow, had been considered to be the only spiders capable of inflicting serious injury. Since then, however, Loxosceles reclusa and the large necrotic ulcers caused by their bites have been reported from . . .

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