Pyemotes ventricosus Dermatitis, Southeastern France
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.
Main 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 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2008-11-01
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Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/11/08-0288_article |
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