Cat Flea Infestation in a Hospital: A Case Report

Cat flea bite in humans results in extremely pruritic skin lesions. It has been reported to occur among those living in domiciliary accommodation. However, nosocomial infestation with cat flea has not been reported. We hereby report a case of nosocomial infestation of cat flea in a hospital facility...

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Autores principales: Leelavathi, Muthupalaniappen, Norhayati, Moktar, Lee, Yin Yin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society for Parasitology 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3309057/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22451739
http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2012.50.1.79
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description Cat flea bite in humans results in extremely pruritic skin lesions. It has been reported to occur among those living in domiciliary accommodation. However, nosocomial infestation with cat flea has not been reported. We hereby report a case of nosocomial infestation of cat flea in a hospital facility. Identification of the parasite, its appropriate eradication, and adequate medical management of the patients resulted in a satisfactory outcome.
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spelling pubmed-33090572012-03-26 Cat Flea Infestation in a Hospital: A Case Report Leelavathi, Muthupalaniappen Norhayati, Moktar Lee, Yin Yin Korean J Parasitol Case Report Cat flea bite in humans results in extremely pruritic skin lesions. It has been reported to occur among those living in domiciliary accommodation. However, nosocomial infestation with cat flea has not been reported. We hereby report a case of nosocomial infestation of cat flea in a hospital facility. Identification of the parasite, its appropriate eradication, and adequate medical management of the patients resulted in a satisfactory outcome. The Korean Society for Parasitology 2012-03 2012-03-06 /pmc/articles/PMC3309057/ /pubmed/22451739 http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2012.50.1.79 Text en © 2012, Korean Society for Parasitology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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