A 17-year-old high school student comes to the office with what he says is a spider bite on top of his foot, which he has had for five days. There is a red, swollen, painful abscess on the top of his right foot. It is about 2 cm in diameter. The patient said he thinks he got the spider bite from walking barefoot in the school locker room after a wrestling match. He said the pustule will not go away, and it seems to be getting bigger and redder every day. You lance the abscess and biopsy it. What do you suspect is the cause of the boy’s condition?

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A 17-year-old high school student comes to the office with what he says is a spider bite on top of his foot, which he has had for five days. There is a red, swollen, painful abscess on the top of his right foot. It is about 2 cm in diameter. The patient said he thinks he got the spider bite from walking barefoot in the school locker room after a wrestling match. He said the pustule will not go away, and it seems to be getting bigger and redder every day. You lance the abscess and biopsy it. What do you suspect is the cause of the boy’s condition?






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