title: Presumed arachnidism. A case report (in Connecticut).
abstract: An 8-year-old boy with multiple (up to 12) hemorrhagic and necrotic blisters was eventually diagnosed as being the victim of probable spider bites. Arachnidism, specifically loxoscelism (brown recluse spider bite), is unusual in the northeastern United States.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003237:Connecticut; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D001098:Spider Bites / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy