RESUMEN
Pigeon lice are insects that feed on feathers of these birds; their life cycle includes egg, nymph and adult and they may cause dermatoses in humans. Four persons of the same family, living in an urban area, presented with widespread intensely pruritic erythematous papules. A great number of lice were seen in their house, which moved from a nest of pigeons located on the condenser of the air-conditioning to the dormitory of one of the patients. Even in urban environments, dermatitis caused by parasites of birds is a possibility in cases of acute prurigo simplex. Pigeon lice are possible etiological agents of this kind of skin eruption, although they are often neglected, even by dermatologists.
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Columbidae/parasitología , Infestaciones por Piojos , Phthiraptera/patogenicidad , Prurigo/parasitología , Acrodermatitis/parasitología , Acrodermatitis/patología , Enfermedad Aguda , Animales , Niño , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana EdadRESUMEN
Abstract: Pigeon lice are insects that feed on feathers of these birds; their life cycle includes egg, nymph and adult and they may cause dermatoses in humans. Four persons of the same family, living in an urban area, presented with widespread intensely pruritic erythematous papules. A great number of lice were seen in their house, which moved from a nest of pigeons located on the condenser of the air-conditioning to the dormitory of one of the patients. Even in urban environments, dermatitis caused by parasites of birds is a possibility in cases of acute prurigo simplex. Pigeon lice are possible etiological agents of this kind of skin eruption, although they are often neglected, even by dermatologists.
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Humanos , Animales , Masculino , Femenino , Niño , Persona de Mediana Edad , Infestaciones por Piojos , Columbidae/parasitología , Prurigo/parasitología , Phthiraptera/patogenicidad , Acrodermatitis/parasitología , Acrodermatitis/patología , Enfermedad AgudaRESUMEN
Various parasitic dermatoses in man can find their origin in domestic animals. Acariasis are skin zoonoses which are not well known by the dermatologists and general practitioners. Due to different ectoparasite mites, the acariasis always cause prurigo in man but different areas of the body are involved. The treatment of the domestic animals usually allows the cure of the owner's skin disease.
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Animales Domésticos , Infestaciones por Ácaros/diagnóstico , Infestaciones por Ácaros/terapia , Zoonosis , Animales , Animales Domésticos/parasitología , Enfermedades de los Gatos/diagnóstico , Enfermedades de los Gatos/parasitología , Enfermedades de los Gatos/terapia , Enfermedades de los Gatos/transmisión , Gatos , Enfermedades de los Perros/diagnóstico , Enfermedades de los Perros/parasitología , Enfermedades de los Perros/terapia , Enfermedades de los Perros/transmisión , Perros , Infestaciones por Ácaros/parasitología , Infestaciones por Ácaros/transmisión , Infestaciones por Ácaros/veterinaria , Prurigo/parasitología , Conejos , Zoonosis/parasitología , Zoonosis/transmisiónRESUMEN
In four villagers parasitic prurigo caused by the autumnal chigger (Neotrombicula autumnalis) was diagnosed. The clinical picture consisted of intensely itchy, erythematous papules, at sites where clothes fitted tightly or in body folds. Further investigation in the village revealed that in 16 of the 48 homes at least one person in the preceding two months had suffered from prurigo possibly caused by the autumnal chigger. The characteristics of the parasite, the clinical picture, treatment and prevention are discussed.
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Prurigo/parasitología , Trombiculiasis/epidemiología , Animales , Brotes de Enfermedades , Humanos , Lactante , Países Bajos/epidemiología , Prurigo/epidemiología , Trombiculidae/anatomía & histología , Trombiculidae/crecimiento & desarrolloRESUMEN
In September 1978, people having had contacts in the neighbouring of Nice with an everlasting flower package (Helichrysium angustifolium) from Jugoslavia, complained of prurigo. The erythematous lesions with a central vesicle regressed during the second week but did not fade out until the third week. Among the everlasting flowers were found numerous and swiftly mowing fasting females of Pyemotes zwoelferi. Those mites are usually parasitic on phytopathogenic insects. Their aggressiveness against human beings is related to sudden development of their population and, also to the specific toxicity of their venom. Systematically P. zwoelferi comes in the same species group as P. tritici.