Generalized papular-purpuric eruption due to Solenopsis fugax bites

A 59-year-old atopic man referred to for the onset of a diffused itching papular-purpuric eruption involving his trunk and legs but without systemic symptoms. History revealed that he started feeling itching after spending few hours in his basement. Direct examination of the environmental dust (www....

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Autores principales: Romita, Paolo, Foti, Caterina, Principato, Mario, Stingeni, Luca
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6063111/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30066767
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20187298
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author Romita, Paolo
Foti, Caterina
Principato, Mario
Stingeni, Luca
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description A 59-year-old atopic man referred to for the onset of a diffused itching papular-purpuric eruption involving his trunk and legs but without systemic symptoms. History revealed that he started feeling itching after spending few hours in his basement. Direct examination of the environmental dust (www.edpa.it) showed high level of infestation of Solenopsis fugax, a small Myrmicinae ant. The skin eruption completely healed without scarring in 2 weeks. Specific disinfestation measures were performed and the patient did not comply of any recurrence during a 6-months follow-up.
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spelling pubmed-60631112018-08-07 Generalized papular-purpuric eruption due to Solenopsis fugax bites Romita, Paolo Foti, Caterina Principato, Mario Stingeni, Luca An Bras Dermatol Case Report A 59-year-old atopic man referred to for the onset of a diffused itching papular-purpuric eruption involving his trunk and legs but without systemic symptoms. History revealed that he started feeling itching after spending few hours in his basement. Direct examination of the environmental dust (www.edpa.it) showed high level of infestation of Solenopsis fugax, a small Myrmicinae ant. The skin eruption completely healed without scarring in 2 weeks. Specific disinfestation measures were performed and the patient did not comply of any recurrence during a 6-months follow-up. Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC6063111/ /pubmed/30066767 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20187298 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivative License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited and the work is not changed in any way.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6063111/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30066767
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20187298
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