Pyemotes ventricosus Dermatitis, Southeastern France

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.

Bibliographic Details
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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008-11-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Pyemotes ventricosus
mite
southern France
dispatch
France
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/11/08-0288_article

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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/11/08-0288_article

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