Paederus Dermatitis

Kerdel-Vegas, Francisco

doi:10.1001/archderm.1966.01600260067008

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“…Those who live in homes under impoverished conditions may be two times more likely to become ill than the rest of the community. That said, in our investigation, housing conditions were not a differentiating factor [17-18]. …”

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Dermatitis Due to Paederus Colombinus: Report of an Epidemic Outbreak of 68 Cases in the Province of Darien, Panama

Cáceres¹,

Suárez²,

Jackman³

et al. 2017

Cureus

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IntroductionContact dermatitis due to Paederus is a particular form of accident by animal contact. It is characterized by the sudden onset of erythematous and vesicular lesions with burning sensation on exposed areas of the body. The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiological and clinical findings of an outbreak of Paederus dermatitis in Panama.MethodsClinical and epidemiological findings of an outbreak of contact dermatitis caused by Paederus sp. in the province of Darien in eastern Panama is reported. After reviewing the clinical records, a clinical-epidemiological questionnaire was developed and used in 20 communities where reported cases were found. We captured and collected the specimens for species characterization for three consecutive days using three different methods of capture.ResultsDuring May-July, 2014, 68 cases of Paederus irritant contact dermatitis occurred in 20 communities of the Darien. Fifty-three percent were females. The age group of zero to five years had the highest number of cases, 15 (22%). The most common clinical presentation was the classical linear dermatitis (58%); 42% of the subjects had mirror image lesions, multiple vesicular-pustular lesions, and crust lesions. Symptoms were most commonly reported as a burning sensation (65%), followed by pruritus in 60%, pain (25%), and fever (nine percent). A total of 81 specimens of Paederus were collected, 68% in peridomiciliary areas.ConclusionsThis Paederus sp. dermatitis report represents one of the largest outbreak described in Latin America and the diagnosis could be confused with others skin diseases like pyodermitis or other contact dermatitis.

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Dermatitis Due to Paederus Colombinus: Report of an Epidemic Outbreak of 68 Cases in the Province of Darien, Panama

Cáceres¹,

Suárez²,

Jackman³

et al. 2017

Cureus

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“…The insects are phototropic and become active at night. In our case, the environment, lighting, and weather conditions (rain and high humidity) 7,8 provided a very favorable environment for an increase in the population of Paederus in the area, and were responsible for the outbreak of Paederus dermatitis in these working and accommodation conditions. The administrators at the factory had better living and working conditions and showed a lower incidence rate (43.75%) of Paederus dermatitis than the workers (87%).…”

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“…Paederus is a genus of small tawny beetles belonging to the family Staphylinidae of the order Coleoptera. They are not active at temperatures below 18 °C; however, they start to search for food at temperatures above 20 °C 7–9 . Their numbers increase after rain, especially with high humidity.…”

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An outbreak of 268 cases of Paederus dermatitis in a toy‐building factory in central China

Huang¹,

Liu²,

Yang

et al. 2009

Int J Dermatology

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“…The paederus dermatitis is an interesting dermatitis. This kind of dermatitis is caused by poisonous insect [1] . The problematic causative insect that caused paederus dermatitis is called paederus insect [2] .…”

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confidence: 99%