Citation

Fang L, Chen J, Spurgeon-Hess T, Thompson N, Simman R. J. Wound Care 2024; 33(Suppl 7): S24-S29.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2024, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group -- Palgrave-Macmillan)

DOI

10.12968/jowc.2023.0104

PMID

38973639

Abstract

The aim of this case report is to highlight an uncommon diagnosis for necrotic wounds. Brown recluse spider bites are a challenging clinical diagnosis and need to be considered as part of differential diagnoses, especially with the spider's natural distribution altering due to the effects of climate change. We present a case of a 44-year-old female patient who developed systemic symptoms and wound necrosis from a presumed brown recluse spider bite. The patient had multiple risk factors for poor wound healing and necrotic skin infections. It is important to be able to recognise unique manifestations of this rare diagnosis in order to avoid delay of timely and effective intervention and treatment.

The authors have no conflicts of interest.

Language: en

Keywords

Humans; Female; Male; Animals; wound; spider bite; *Brown Recluse Spider; *Spider Bites/complications; brown recluse spider; cutaneous loxoscelism; dermonecrotic lesion; Loxosceles reclusa; necrotic arachnidism; wound care; wound dressing; wound healing; Wound Healing