Chemical burn misdiagnosed as brown recluse spider bite [14]

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 68-69

  Vetter, Richard S ^a   Bush, Sean P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFALEXIN; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SPIDER VENOM;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL BURN; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN NECROSIS; SPIDER BITE; WOUND DRESSING;

EID: 0036144538     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ajem.2002.30001     Document Type: Letter

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