Bedbugs: Helping your patient through an infestation.
Bedbugs--hematophagous parasitic arthropods of the genus Cimex--have been unwelcome bedfellows for humans for thousands of years. With increases in population density, ease of travel, and insecticide resistance, bedbugs have reemerged. As a result, physicians are often at the forefront in the diagnosis and treatment of bedbug infestation. This review summarizes the biology and epidemiology of bedbugs and provides details on the diagnosis and treatment of bedbug infestation.
Department of Dermatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA. oibrahim@skincarephysicians.net.
Omer
O
Ibrahim
Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, UK.
Usama Mohammad
UM
Syed
Department of Dermatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Kenneth J
KJ
Tomecki
D000818:Animals; D001511:Bedbugs / Q000502:physiology; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology; D004478:Ectoparasitic Infestations / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans