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These cases are patients who I, or my colleagues have seen. They are de-identified and many instances have been presented in more depth in an academic setting. These videos are not individual medical advice and are for general educational purposes only. I do not give medical advice over the internet.

References:

CMS Malaque, RS Vetter, M Entres. Loxosceles spiders. Critical Care toxicology. https://link.springer.com/referencewo...

Brown recluse spider (Loxosceles reclusa) envenomation leading to acute hemolytic anemia in six adolescents. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

Acute kidney injury and dermonecrosis after Loxosceles reclusa envenomation. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

Spider Bites: Part 1. https://lacerationrepair.com/wound-bl...

Bites of Brown Recluse Spiders and Suspected Necrotic Arachnidism. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056...

CASE OF ARACHNOIDISM (SPIDER BITE). https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama...

Detection of Loxosceles species venom in dermal lesions: A comparison of 4 venom recovery methods.
https://www.annemergmed.com/article/S...

Brown spider (Loxosceles sp.) bite and COVID-19: A case report. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

Loxosceles intermedia spider envenomation induces activation of an endogenous metalloproteinase, resulting in cleavage of glycophorins from the erythrocyte surface and facilitating complement-mediated lysis. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

Necrotic arachnidism. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11260...

Brown Recluse Michigan. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

Myth: Idiopathic wounds are often due to brown recluse or other spider bites throughout the United States https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

Correspondance: Bites of the Brown Recluse Spider. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056...

Brown Recluse Pest Management Tips for The Spider That's Not As Common As You Think. https://entomologytoday.org/2018/01/2...

The Chilean Recluse. https://www.fdacs.gov/content/downloa...

An Infestation of 2,055 Brown Recluse Spiders (Araneae: Sicariidae) and No Envenomations in a Kansas Home: Implications for Bite Diagnoses in Nonendemic Areas. https://academic.oup.com/jme/article/...