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  3. Bedbugs: Helping your patient through an infestation

Bedbugs: Helping your patient through an infestation

  • Cleve Clin J Med. 2017 Mar;84(3):207-211. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.84a.15024.
Omer Ibrahim 1,  Usama Mohammad Syed 2,  Kenneth J Tomecki 3
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Department of Dermatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA. [email protected].
  • 2 Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, UK.
  • 3 Department of Dermatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
PMID: 28322676 DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.84a.15024
Abstract

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.

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