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Delusional infestation: Two case reports [PDF]
European Psychiatry, 2021 Introduction Delusional infestation (DI), also known as delusional parasitosis or Ekbom syndrome, is a rare disorder, characterised by fixed belief that the skin, body or immediate environment is infested by small pathogens, despite the lack of any ...
C. Peixoto +4 more
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Case report: Delusional infestation in dementia with Lewy bodies [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022 BackgroundDelusional infestation is characterized by delusions of being infested with parasites, vermin, or small insects and is frequently accompanied by tactile and visual hallucinations.
Daiki Taomoto +7 more
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Treatments for Primary Delusional Infestation: Systematic Review [PDF]
JMIR Dermatology, 2022 BackgroundDelusional infestation, also known as Ekbom syndrome, is a rare delusional disorder characterized by the fixed belief that one is infested with parasites, worms, insects, or other organisms.
Justin Di Lu +4 more
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Drug-induced Delusional Infestation [PDF]
Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 2022 It is considered that certain drugs might induce delusional infestation, yet, to date, no studies have been performed to identify the pharmacodynamics associated with these treatments. The aim of this review is to summarize current available knowledge of
Patrick M.J.H. Kemperman +3 more
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Delusional infestation: are you being bugged? [PDF]
Clinical Ophthalmology, 2015 Angeli Thakkar, Kenneth GJ Ooi, Nagi Assaad, Minas Coroneo Department of Ophthalmology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia Abstract: This case report documents a 58-year-old male who presented to the clinic with a 12-month history of a ...
Thakkar A, Ooi KG, Assaad N, Coroneo M
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From “cutaneous anthrax” to “primary delusional infestation” [PDF]
European Psychiatry, 2023 Introduction Primary delusional infestation is a rare psychiatric condition in which patients mistakenly believe that their skin or other body parts are infested by small, living organisms, despite the fact that no organisms can be found upon ...
I. A. Ferreira, A. Ponte
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Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2016 Although the practice of infectious diseases involves a broad range of surgical and medical disciplines, interactions with psychiatry are infrequent. Delusional infestation is a condition where an individual has a firmly fixed false belief that they have
Kevin B. Laupland, Louis Valiquette
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Treatment of delusional infestation with olanzapine
Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2012 Naveen Kumar Kansal +2 more
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Delusional Infestation in a Patient with Renal Failure, Metabolic Syndrome, and Chronic Cerebrovascular Disease Treated with Aripiprazole: A Case Report [PDF]
Case Reports in Medicine, 2011 Delusional infestation is an aspecific psychiatric condition manifested either as a primary psychotic disorder or a secondary disorder induced by a wide range of very different medical conditions.
Bernardo Carpiniello +2 more
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Reframing delusional infestation: perspectives on unresolved puzzles [PDF]
Psychology Research and Behavior Management, 2018 Jianbo Lai,1–3 Zhe Xu,4,5 Yi Xu,1–3 Shaohua Hu1–3 1Department of Psychiatry, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, China; 2The Key Laboratory of Mental Disorder’s Management in ...
Lai JB, Xu Z, Xu Y, Hu SH
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