Bedbugs: Helping your patient through an infestation.

Cleve Clin J Med

Department of Dermatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.

Published: March 2017

Bedbugs--hematophagous parasitic arthropods of the genus Cimex--have been unwelcome bedfellows for humans for thousands of years. With increases in population density, ease of travel, and insecticide resistance, bedbugs have reemerged. As a result, physicians are often at the forefront in the diagnosis and treatment of bedbug infestation. This review summarizes the biology and epidemiology of bedbugs and provides details on the diagnosis and treatment of bedbug infestation.

Download full-text PDF

Source
http://dx.doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15024DOI Listing

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

diagnosis treatment
8
treatment bedbug
8
bedbug infestation
8
bedbugs helping
4
helping patient
4
patient infestation
4
infestation bedbugs--hematophagous
4
bedbugs--hematophagous parasitic
4
parasitic arthropods
4
arthropods genus
4

Similar Publications

Background: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common vasculitis in patients older than 50 years and is considered a "do not miss" diagnosis. However, it remains a diagnostic challenge given overlapping clinical syndromes such as non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) and poorly explored imaging findings.

Materials And Methods: In this retrospective study between the time period of January 2013 and December 2021, a total of 13 consecutive patients with a pathological diagnosis of GCA and 8 patients with clinical diagnosis of NAION were isolated.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?

Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!