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Dermestid Dermatitis in a 2‐Year‐Old Girl: Case Report and Review of the Literature
Author(s) -
Hoverson Kara,
Wohltmann Wendi E.,
Pollack Richard J.,
Schissel Daniel J.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/pde.12641
Subject(s) - girl , scabies , medicine , dermatology , infestation , contact dermatitis , dermestidae , atopic dermatitis , allergy , larva , immunology , ecology , biology , genetics , botany
Dermatitis from contact with carpet, larder, and hide beetles (family D ermestidae ) is a seemingly uncommon or underrecognized hypersensitivity reaction to the specialized hairs on the larvae of certain dermestid beetles. The erythematous papulovesicular dermatitis that may result from such contact can be mistakenly construed as evidence of bites of bedbugs or other arthropods or infestation with scabies mites or can be the basis for a diagnosis of delusory parasitosis. We present a case of dermestid dermatitis in a 2‐year‐old girl and provide a review of the current literature.