Multidisciplinary approach to Pyemotes ventricosus papular urticaria dermatitis.
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© 2014 The Authors. doi: 10.2340/00015555-1661 Journal Compilation © 2014 Acta Dermato-Venereologica. ISSN 0001-5555 Mites are an important cause of human dermatosis. Al though clinical diagnosis is often simple for the clinician, the identification of the causative mite is often troublesome. The identification and eradication of the agent causing the eruption is crucial for the resolution of the cutaneous di sease (1). We describe here a case of Pyemotes dermatitis in which infested wood was the source of the problem.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Acta dermato-venereologica
دوره 94 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014