ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearls: Spider Bite
A patient presents to the ED for management of a spider bite. Which of the following statements is correct regarding a bite from the spider pictured?
- Laboratory studies can be helpful in management and predicting outcome.
- Antibiotics are recommended.
- The venom is cytotoxic and can cause red blood cell hemolysis.
- The venom is more potent on a volume-per-volume basis than the venom of a pit viper.