Case Report

Hemolysis, Renal Failure and Death, Presumed Secondary to Bite of Brown Recluse Spider

Authors: EUGENE H. TAYLOR M.D., WILLIAM F. DENNY M.D.

Abstract

Although the clinical course in this patient's illness was not proven to follow the bite of the brown spider, its characteristics seem identical with the proven cases reported in children. It thus would represent the first fatal case in an adult.

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