Anthrenus sp. and an Uncommon Cluster of Dermatitis

We report patients in their homes in France who had cutaneous lesions caused by Anthrenus sp. larvae during the end of winter and into spring. These lesions mimic bites but are allergic reactions to larvae hairs pegged in the skin. These lesions should be distinguished from bites of bed bugs or flea...

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Autores principales: Simon, Loïc, Boukari, Fériel, Oumarou, Halilou Almou, Hubiche, Thomas, Marty, Pierre, Pomares, Christelle, Delaunay, Pascal
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8237892/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34152950
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2707.203245
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author Simon, Loïc
Boukari, Fériel
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Hubiche, Thomas
Marty, Pierre
Pomares, Christelle
Delaunay, Pascal
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description We report patients in their homes in France who had cutaneous lesions caused by Anthrenus sp. larvae during the end of winter and into spring. These lesions mimic bites but are allergic reactions to larvae hairs pegged in the skin. These lesions should be distinguished from bites of bed bugs or fleas.
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spelling pubmed-82378922021-07-09 Anthrenus sp. and an Uncommon Cluster of Dermatitis Simon, Loïc Boukari, Fériel Oumarou, Halilou Almou Hubiche, Thomas Marty, Pierre Pomares, Christelle Delaunay, Pascal Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We report patients in their homes in France who had cutaneous lesions caused by Anthrenus sp. larvae during the end of winter and into spring. These lesions mimic bites but are allergic reactions to larvae hairs pegged in the skin. These lesions should be distinguished from bites of bed bugs or fleas. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021-07 /pmc/articles/PMC8237892/ /pubmed/34152950 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2707.203245 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Simon, Loïc
Boukari, Fériel
Oumarou, Halilou Almou
Hubiche, Thomas
Marty, Pierre
Pomares, Christelle
Delaunay, Pascal
Anthrenus sp. and an Uncommon Cluster of Dermatitis
title Anthrenus sp. and an Uncommon Cluster of Dermatitis
title_full Anthrenus sp. and an Uncommon Cluster of Dermatitis
title_fullStr Anthrenus sp. and an Uncommon Cluster of Dermatitis
title_full_unstemmed Anthrenus sp. and an Uncommon Cluster of Dermatitis
title_short Anthrenus sp. and an Uncommon Cluster of Dermatitis
title_sort anthrenus sp. and an uncommon cluster of dermatitis
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8237892/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34152950
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2707.203245
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