title: Bed bugs can cause severe anaemia in adults.
abstract: A 60-year-old woman and her 67-year-old male partner, admitted for pneumonia and non-ST elevation myocardial infarction, respectively, had severe anaemia (Hb 5.3 and 5.2 g/dL, respectively), as a result from massive infestation with Cimex lectularius. After two erythrocyte transfusions and thorough decontamination, their clinical course was unremarkable.
authors.affiliation: 4th Medical Department with Infectious Diseases & Tropical Medicine, Kaiser Franz Josef-Hospital, Vienna, Austria. maria.paulke-korinek@meduniwien.ac.at
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paulke-Korinek
authors.forename: Marton
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Széll
authors.forename: Hermann
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Laferl
authors.forename: Herbert
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Auer
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wenisch
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000740:Anemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D000818:Animals; D001511:Bedbugs / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D003666:Decontamination; D004478:Ectoparasitic Infestations / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome