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Pyemotes ventricosus Dermatitis, Southeastern France

Authors :
Pascal Del Giudice
Véronique Blanc-Amrane
Philippe Bahadoran
Eric Caumes
Pierre Marty
Mariléna Lazar
Christian Boissy
François Desruelles
Arezki Izri
Jean-Paul Ortonne
Evelyne Counillon
Olivier Chosidow
Pascal Delaunay
Source :
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 14, Iss 11, Pp 1759-1761 (2008)
Publication Year :
2008
Publisher :
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2008.

Abstract

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.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10806040 and 10806059
Volume :
14
Issue :
11
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.f416590284694fed857f396d13572b9c
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1411.080288