Correction

Bites of the Brown Recluse Spider

N Engl J Med 2005; 353:744August 18, 2005

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Bites of the Brown Recluse Spider (Correspondence, N Engl J Med 2005:352;2029 - 2030) . In the letter by Swanson and Vetter, on page 2029 in the right-hand column, lines 7 through 12 of the second paragraph should have read, “Furthermore, the unverified diagnosis of a spider bite in areas where loxosceles spiders are nonendemic is insufficient proof of the local existence of brown recluse spiders or other allegedly necrosis-inducing spiders . . .,” rather than “in areas where loxosceles spiders are endemic,” as printed. We regret the error.