"Spider bite" lesions are usually diagnosed as skin and soft-tissue infections

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 473-481

  Suchard, Jeffrey Ross ^a  

^a University of California Irvine School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

arachnidism; bites and stings; black widow spider; methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Spiders

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SPIDER BITE;

ARACHNIDISM; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS;

EID: 80755122833     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2009.09.014     Document Type: Article

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