Bedbug bites: a review

@article{Thomas2004BedbugBA,
  title={Bedbug bites: a review},
  author={Isabelle Thomas and George G. Kihiczak and Robert A. Schwartz},
  journal={International Journal of Dermatology},
  year={2004},
  volume={43}
}
Bedbugs are reddish-brown insects that require blood meals to survive and feed on humans as well as other warm-blooded mammals and birds. 1 They usually come out to feed at night before dawn and tend to hide in the daytime. Adults are quite resistant and can survive up to a year without a meal, making it difficult to eradicate them other than by the use of insecticides. Reactions can range from localized urticaria to bullous reactions to anaphylaxis in rare cases. They are a particular concern… 
View on Wiley
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
100 Citations
Highly Influential Citations
4
Background Citations
32
Methods Citations
2
Results Citations
1

100 Citations

Citation Type

Citation Type

Bedbugs: Helping your patient through an infestation
TLDR
The biology and epidemiology of bedbugs are summarized and details on the diagnosis and treatment of bedbug infestation are provided.
Bed bugs, leeches and hookworm larvae in the skin.
Skin reaction to bed bugs bite reflecting erythema multiforme. Case report
Bed bugs (Cimex spp.) are wingless, oval, flattened insects that grow up to 5-6 mm in length. The adults are deep brown in color while immature are smaller and yellow to brown (Fig. 1). Since the mid…
Bedbugs (Cimicidae infestation): the worldwide renaissance of an old partner of human kind.
Bedbugs (Cimicidae infestation): the worldwide renaissance of an old partner of human kind
TLDR
The aim of this article was to alert physicians, especially in Brazil, about this ectoparasitosis, including aspects of the bedbug biology, their parasitism in human host, treatment and prophylaxis.
Bedbugs in the 21st Century: The Reemergence of an Old Foe
TLDR
This review presents the biological characteristics of Cimex lectularius and C. hemipterus, the public health risks of those parasites, and countermeasures to identify and treat infestations.
Scabies and Bedbugs in Hospital Outbreaks
TLDR
Avoiding close contact, early diagnosis and treatment of infected persons as well as decontamination of the involved environment play an essential role in controlling outbreaks in healthcare settings.
Sensitivity to bites by the bedbug, Cimex lectularius
TLDR
The empirical basis of the commonly cited figure that only ∼ 80% of the population are sensitive to bedbug bites is found to be based on only one study carried out 80 years ago, and this study did not account for the now well‐established fact that only repeated exposure to external allergens leads to skin reactions.
Bed bugs - What the GP needs to know.
TLDR
The various clinical consequences of bed bug bites are reviewed and management strategies are outlined, including symptomatic control and symptomatic control.
De bedwants: a bad bug?
TLDR
Control involves treating both the patient’s symptoms and the cause by the eradication of the infestation, a challenge that may require a professional exterminator for an integrated pest management strategy.
...
1
2
3
4
5
...

References

SHOWING 1-10 OF 25 REFERENCES
Permethrin‐impregnated bednets reduce nuisance arthropods in Gambian houses
TLDR
Headlice prevalence increased with hair length and they were more common on girls than boys, while the prevalence rate of pediculosis in children under 10 years old was 28.8%.
The investigation and management of arthropod bite reactions acquired in the home
  • D. Burns
  • Medicine
    Clinical and experimental dermatology
  • 1987
TLDR
This article is designed to give the dermatologist some guidelines to follow in the investigation and management of arthropod bites acquired in the home environment.
CURRENT CONCEPTS OF THERAPY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY IN ARTHROPOD BITES AND STINGS Part 2. Insects
TLDR
Dermatologists treating atopic and other allergic patients with cutaneous problems should be aware of the more recent advances in treatment of hymenoptera stings, as there are increasing reports of anaphylactic reactions associated with hypersensitivity to the venom of the fire ant.
Arthropod Bites, Stings, and Infestations: Their Prevention and Treatment
  • P. Honig
  • Medicine
    Pediatric dermatology
  • 1986
TLDR
Preventive measures are stressed and therapy is outlined for each entity; the rationale for many of the interventions is discussed and it is not the intent of this paper to cover each subject comprehensively.
Persistence of hepatitis B surface antigen in the bedbug Cimex hemipterus (Fabr.).
TLDR
This result explains the high rates of field infection in bedbugs and further supports the hypothesis that bedbugs may play a role in transmission of hepatitis B virus.
Delayed reaction to bed bug bites.
TLDR
Initial bites of Aedesmosquitoes produced little reaction, but, after repeated bites, a delayed reaction with an inflammatory weal occurs at about 24 hours, and this pattern of reaction has been recognized to occur.
Widespread bullous eruption due to multiple bed bug bites
TLDR
Bullous insect bites are an important differential to consider in any bullous eruption, and due to the severity of the clinical features in this case, and the initial lack of a detailed history, were initially overlooked.
Is infestation with the common bedbug increasing?
TLDR
It is suggested that bedbugs are becoming more common in the United Kingdom, as specimens from four separate infestations were referred to the Brighton Public Health Laboratory Service from February to October 1999.
Potential for insect transmission of HIV: experimental exposure of Cimex hemipterus and Toxorhynchites amboinensis to human immunodeficiency virus.
TLDR
HIV was detected in bedbugs up to 8 d after oral exposure to highly concentrated virus in blood meals, but no virus replication was observed, and the risk of insect transmission of HIV appears to be extremely low or nonexistent.
Can we get AIDS from mosquito bites?
  • M. M. Iqbal
  • Biology, Medicine
    The Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society : official organ of the Louisiana State Medical Society
  • 1999
TLDR
The likelihood of mechanical or biological transmission of HIV by insects is virtually nonexistent and HIV appears to be much less easily transmitted probably due to lower titers of virus in body fluids.
...
1
2
3
...