The spider venom led to abdominal skin necrosis.
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As an ER doc who sees “Spider Bites” (caused by phantom spiders) all the time, I can say that I have a healthy dose of suspicion that this case was actually caused by a spider bite. MRSA abscess/cellulitis is way more likely. And I’m not the only one who whinks so. Here’s what some arachnidologists had to say in the Seattle P-I.
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