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To: Rambi who wrote (66090)	12/6/2004 9:38:20 AM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 71178

WEll, I am reading online, and it looks as if brown recluse are not as serious as I thought, although whatever K has went way beyond a red mark and became a huge cyst that had to be drained. 90% of all brown recluse bites heal without severe scarring. Many brown recluse bites cause just a little red mark that heals without event. Despite all the hoopla surrounding the brown recluse, there is still not one PROVEN death due to brown recluse bite A staph infection may be much worse.

To: Rambi who wrote (66090)	12/6/2004 9:38:42 AM
From: Crocodile	Respond to of 71178

Here's a page on the Brown Recluse (Loxosceles reclusa). They are shown has having a range in Illinois -- not quite sure how far north though. They actually have a pretty large range, so it could be possible. They do have a necrotic bite, so that's possible. I know of someone who thought he was bitten by one and did get a badly necrotized area which had to be removed. I'll take a look for the staph thing next. Here's the page about the spider if you're interested. venombyte.com

To: Rambi who wrote (66090)	12/6/2004 9:54:36 AM
From: Ish	Respond to of 71178

<<But brown recluse are the flesheaters we read about, yes?>> They are the brown version of a Black Widow. And yes, they do have them in Chicago.

To: Rambi who wrote (66090)	12/6/2004 10:57:19 AM
From: Rainy_Day_Woman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

CA-MRSA: A new bug with a familiar name Washington -- A new strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus has settled into some communities, and physicians everywhere are being warned to keep an eye out for it. CA-MRSA is infecting seemingly healthy people, often children, and causing primarily skin and soft-tissue lesions such as boils, abscesses and cellulitis, which are frequently misdiagnosed as spider bites. There is often an incorrect assumption that the skin or soft-tissue infection being treated is caused by a susceptible strain of staph "In the past, when people saw it was an abscess, they would just assume it was a staph germ and treat it with common antibiotics," Dr. Kaplan said. But those common antibiotics aren't likely to work on this bug. In addition, there are regional differences, according to an article in the September issue of AAP News, published by the American Academy of Pediatrics. For example, clindamycin-resistant MRSA strains are common in Chicago but infrequent in Houston. Because there are common themes to the spread of the infections -- including crowding, frequent skin-to- skin contact, compromised skin integrity and contaminated surfaces -- the entire article, it might help your friends: ama-assn.org