title: The return of the common bedbug.
abstract: The incidence of skin disease secondary to infestation with the human bedbug, Cimex lectularius, has increased dramatically in the United States and in the United Kingdom. We describe a child with a recurrent pruritic eruption of urticarial, erythematous papules on the face, neck, and extremities. The etiology of her cutaneous lesions was discovered to be a bedbug infestation in the home. The epidemiology, entomology, presentation, and treatment of bedbugs and their bites are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Maryanna C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Ter Poorten
authors.forename: Neil S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Prose
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001511:Bedbugs; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007299:Insect Bites and Stings / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D011537:Pruritus / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000628:therapy*