Severe anemia due to bed bugs hyperinfestation

Arezki Izri; Anthony Marteau; Theo Ferreira; Christiane Bruel; Ruben Benainous; Robin Dhote; Mohammad Akhoundi

doi:10.1016/j.micpath.2020.104564

Severe anemia due to bed bugs hyperinfestation

Microb Pathog. 2020 Dec:149:104564. doi: 10.1016/j.micpath.2020.104564. Epub 2020 Oct 10.

Authors

Arezki Izri¹, Anthony Marteau², Theo Ferreira², Christiane Bruel³, Ruben Benainous⁴, Robin Dhote⁴, Mohammad Akhoundi⁵

Affiliations

¹ Parasitology-Mycology Department, Avicenne Hospital, AP-HP, Bobigny, France; Unité des Virus Émergents (UVE: Aix-Marseille Univ-IRD 190-Inserm 1207-IHU Méditerranée Infection), Marseille, France.
² Parasitology-Mycology Department, Avicenne Hospital, AP-HP, Bobigny, France.
³ Agence Régionale de Santé (ARS), Île-de-France, 35, Rue de la Gare, 75935, Paris Cedex 19, France.
⁴ Internal Medicine Department, Avicenne Hospital, AP-HP, Bobigny, France.
⁵ Parasitology-Mycology Department, Avicenne Hospital, AP-HP, Bobigny, France. Electronic address: m.akhoundi@yahoo.com.

PMID: 33045337
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2020.104564

Abstract

Bed bugs bite can be considered as a possible cause of chronic blood loss and anemia in individuals inhabiting in hyperinfested locations. We report the rare case of a patient with massive bed bugs infestation suffered from severe dementia, malnutrition and social isolation which provided susceptible background for severe anemia.

Keywords: Anemia; Cimex lectularius; Dementia; Human colonization; Hyperinfestation; Malnutrition.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anemia* / etiology
Animals
Bedbugs*
Humans