First case report of hospital staff infestation with cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis) in Iran

BACKGROUND: Cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis) are the most common ectoparasites of domestic cats and dogs worldwide. They can parasitize humans in many regions of the globe. Hospital infestation with fleas has not been reported in Iran, and the number of reported cases in the world is very low. CASE...

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Autores principales: Amini Rarani, Saeid, Azami, Mehdi, Kiani, Fatemeh, Kazeroni, Tahereh Basir
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Publicado: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9978450/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36875332
http://dx.doi.org/10.3205/dgkh000432
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author Amini Rarani, Saeid
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description BACKGROUND: Cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis) are the most common ectoparasites of domestic cats and dogs worldwide. They can parasitize humans in many regions of the globe. Hospital infestation with fleas has not been reported in Iran, and the number of reported cases in the world is very low. CASE PRESENTATION: Here we report and describe a hospital infestation with cat fleas in a number of health-care service personnel and nurses, which led to the development of skin lesions and severe itching. CONCLUSION: Diagnosing the parasite, removing it, and good health and medical management lead to satisfactory outcomes.
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spelling pubmed-99784502023-03-03 First case report of hospital staff infestation with cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis) in Iran Amini Rarani, Saeid Azami, Mehdi Kiani, Fatemeh Kazeroni, Tahereh Basir GMS Hyg Infect Control Article BACKGROUND: Cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis) are the most common ectoparasites of domestic cats and dogs worldwide. They can parasitize humans in many regions of the globe. Hospital infestation with fleas has not been reported in Iran, and the number of reported cases in the world is very low. CASE PRESENTATION: Here we report and describe a hospital infestation with cat fleas in a number of health-care service personnel and nurses, which led to the development of skin lesions and severe itching. CONCLUSION: Diagnosing the parasite, removing it, and good health and medical management lead to satisfactory outcomes. German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2023-02-27 /pmc/articles/PMC9978450/ /pubmed/36875332 http://dx.doi.org/10.3205/dgkh000432 Text en Copyright © 2023 Amini Rarani et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. See license information at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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First case report of hospital staff infestation with cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis) in Iran
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title_full First case report of hospital staff infestation with cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis) in Iran
title_fullStr First case report of hospital staff infestation with cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis) in Iran
title_full_unstemmed First case report of hospital staff infestation with cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis) in Iran
title_short First case report of hospital staff infestation with cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis) in Iran
title_sort first case report of hospital staff infestation with cat flea (ctenocephalides felis) in iran
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9978450/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36875332
http://dx.doi.org/10.3205/dgkh000432
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