Bedbugs and healthcare-associated dermatitis, France.(LETTERS)(Report)

Emerging Infectious Diseases | June 1, 2009| | Copyright

To the Editor: Bedbugs (Cimex lectularius) are hematophagous insects. Adults are 4-6 mm long, flattened, oval and wingless, and brown to brownish-red (Figure, panel A) (1). They may feed in the wild on birds or bats (2), but they are mainly associated with human dwellings and can be found on furniture and clothing (3). Because bedbugs are nocturnal and feed painlessly only in the dark, while humans sleep, initial bedbug proliferation usually goes unnoticed until several weeks later when the patient discovers a pruritic cutaneous eruption of unknown origin (4). Decades ago, ...

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