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Ectoparasitosis, a rare cause of severe iron deficiency anemia: A case report
Pediculosis is a common condition caused by an infestation of head and body louse (ectoparasites) and remains a public health concern. Generally, infestation presents as pruritus in children and has a benign course, but there have been a handful of cases reported in the literature describing severe...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8430266/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34527235 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2021.102784 |
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author | Batool, Nuzhat Song, David Reyes, Jonathan Vincent M. Ahmad, Saad Skulkidis, Arigirios Almas, Talal Khedro, Tarek Brown, Maritza |
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description | Pediculosis is a common condition caused by an infestation of head and body louse (ectoparasites) and remains a public health concern. Generally, infestation presents as pruritus in children and has a benign course, but there have been a handful of cases reported in the literature describing severe iron deficiency anemia (IDA) in high-risk groups such as children, history of psychiatric disorder including depression, and low socioeconomic status. Though an uncommonly encountered etiology of anemia, the aim of this case is to increase awareness of a rare cause of severe anemia from an ectoparasites affecting a high risk population, even in developed countries. |
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spelling | pubmed-84302662021-09-14 Ectoparasitosis, a rare cause of severe iron deficiency anemia: A case report Batool, Nuzhat Song, David Reyes, Jonathan Vincent M. Ahmad, Saad Skulkidis, Arigirios Almas, Talal Khedro, Tarek Brown, Maritza Ann Med Surg (Lond) Case Report Pediculosis is a common condition caused by an infestation of head and body louse (ectoparasites) and remains a public health concern. Generally, infestation presents as pruritus in children and has a benign course, but there have been a handful of cases reported in the literature describing severe iron deficiency anemia (IDA) in high-risk groups such as children, history of psychiatric disorder including depression, and low socioeconomic status. Though an uncommonly encountered etiology of anemia, the aim of this case is to increase awareness of a rare cause of severe anemia from an ectoparasites affecting a high risk population, even in developed countries. Elsevier 2021-09-06 /pmc/articles/PMC8430266/ /pubmed/34527235 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2021.102784 Text en © 2021 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of IJS Publishing Group Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Batool, Nuzhat Song, David Reyes, Jonathan Vincent M. Ahmad, Saad Skulkidis, Arigirios Almas, Talal Khedro, Tarek Brown, Maritza Ectoparasitosis, a rare cause of severe iron deficiency anemia: A case report |
title | Ectoparasitosis, a rare cause of severe iron deficiency anemia: A case report |
title_full | Ectoparasitosis, a rare cause of severe iron deficiency anemia: A case report |
title_fullStr | Ectoparasitosis, a rare cause of severe iron deficiency anemia: A case report |
title_full_unstemmed | Ectoparasitosis, a rare cause of severe iron deficiency anemia: A case report |
title_short | Ectoparasitosis, a rare cause of severe iron deficiency anemia: A case report |
title_sort | ectoparasitosis, a rare cause of severe iron deficiency anemia: a case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8430266/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34527235 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2021.102784 |
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