Pyemotes ventricosus Dermatitis, Southeastern France

Del Giudice, Pascal; Blanc-Amrane, Véronique; Bahadoran, Philippe; Caumes, Eric; Marty, Pierre; Lazar, Mariléna; Boissy, Christian; Desruelles, François; Izri, Arezki; Ortonne, Jean-Paul; Counillon, Evelyne; Chosidow, Olivier; Delaunay, Pascal

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Pyemotes ventricosus Dermatitis, Southeastern France

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Nov 2008
By Del Giudice, Pascal ; Blanc-Amrane, Véronique ; Bahadoran, Philippe ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Del Giudice, Pascal ; Blanc-Amrane, Véronique ; Bahadoran, Philippe ; Caumes, Eric ; Marty, Pierre ; Lazar, Mariléna ; Boissy, Christian ; Desruelles, François ; Izri, Arezki ; Ortonne, Jean-Paul ; Counillon, Evelyne ; Chosidow, Olivier ; Delaunay, Pascal
Description:

We investigated 42 patients who had unusual pruritic dermatitis associated with a specific clinical sign (comet sign) in 23 houses in southeastern France from May through September 2007. Pyemotes ventricosus, a parasite of the furniture beetle Anobium punctatum, was the cause of this condition.
Subjects:

Animals Bites And Stings Dermatitis Dispatch Humans Life Cycle Stages Mites Pruritus Seasons
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 14(11):1759-1761
Pubmed ID:

18976564
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC2630734
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Journal Article
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France
Location:

Europe
Volume:

14
Issue:

11
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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