Abstract
We investigated 42 patients who had unusual pruritic dermatitis associated with a specific clinical sign (comet sign) in 23 houses in southeastern France from May through September 2007. Pyemotes ventricosus, a parasite of the furniture beetle Anobium punctatum, was the cause of this condition.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Bites and Stings
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Dermatitis / epidemiology*
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Dermatitis / parasitology*
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Dermatitis / pathology
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France / epidemiology
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Humans
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Life Cycle Stages
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Mites*
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Pruritus / epidemiology*
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Pruritus / parasitology*
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Pruritus / pathology
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Seasons