http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/12/woman-loses-10-lbs-of-skin-to-spider.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/12/woman-loses-10-lbs-of-skin-to-spider.html#comment-69561 Anonymous Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:00:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/12/a-woman-loses-10-lbs-of-skin-to-a-spider-bite.html#comment-69561 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 <a HREF="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/295595_hobos12.html" REL="nofollow">Seattle P-I</a>. 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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