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Emerg Infect Dis
; 14(11): 1759-61, 2008 Nov.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18976564
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.