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Skin Diseases among the Old Age Residents in a Nursing Home: A Neglected Problem

Dermatology Research and Practice, Volume 2020, Issue 1, 2020., 2020
Background. Geriatric health care has become a worldwide concern, but a few statistical studies were carried out about skin diseases in this age group in the nursing home of Iran. Aims. In this study, we set out to determine the frequency as well as the age and gender distribution of dermatological diseases in nursing home old age residents.
Abbas Darjani, Narges Alizadeh, Elahe Rafiei, Meysam Moulaei, Seyed Hamed Naseri Alavi, Hojat Eftekhari, Rana Rafiei, Kaveh Gharaei-Nejad, Zahra Mohtasham-Amiri, E. Helen Kemp   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Paederus dermatitis

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology, 2017
Paederus dermatitis is an irritant dermatitis caused by pederin, a toxin produced by the rove beetle (Paederus). The disease occurs worldwide, but it is often not recognized as a history of contact with the insect is frequently absent. It is commonly seen in the rainy season.
Kaliaperumal, Karthikeyan, Annapurna, Kumar   +1 more
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A study on Paederus dermatitis outbreak in a suburban teaching research hospital, Kanchipuram, India.

Medicine Science, 2013
Paederus dermatitis, a kind of irritant contact dermatitis by Staphylinid beetle, is more prevalent in Asia-Pacific countries with the attributes of tropical climate.
Asgar Ali, Sujitha Kathirvel, Devika T, Sivasankaran M P, Balan K, Praveen Kumar G S, Saleem M, Joseph P Innocent, Vijayalakshmi T S   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dermatitis por Paederus sp. en la Amazonía peruana: Reporte de casos

Anales de la Facultad de Medicina, 2018
En la amazonia peruana existe una gran diversidad de artrópodos relacionados a problemas de salud pública. Dentro de ellos al poco conocido escarabajo de la familia Staphylinidae, del género Paederus, capaz de producir una dermatitis cáustica vesiculante,
Martin Fierro-Reinoso, Ana Rios-Araujo, Erik J. Jhonston   +2 more
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Medically important beetles (insecta: coleoptera) of Iran

Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2008
This study focused on coleopteran species that are responsible for the emergence of recent cases of dermatological manifestations in Iran. To the best of our knowledge, five species of the family Meloidae and nine species of the genus Paederus are by far
MR Nikbakhtzadeh, S Tirgari
doaj   +1 more source

Dermatitis Linearis: A Clinical Snapshot of Paederus Beetle Infestation in a Child [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
Paederus dermatitis is a form of acute irritant contact dermatitis that occurs when pederin is released after crushing Paederus beetles (locally known as “Neruppu Poochi” or “Thee Poochi” in Tamil).
Akuthota Arun Kumar, Ramya Ramanathan, S Sundari   +2 more
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Skin Disease Recognition Method Based on Image Color and Texture Features

Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine, Volume 2018, Issue 1, 2018., 2018
Skin diseases have a serious impact on people’s life and health. Current research proposes an efficient approach to identify singular type of skin diseases. It is necessary to develop automatic methods in order to increase the accuracy of diagnosis for multitype skin diseases.
Li-sheng Wei, Quan Gan, Tao Ji, John Mitchell   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Skin Disorders among Elder Patients in a Referral Center in Northern Iran (2011)

Dermatology Research and Practice, Volume 2013, Issue 1, 2013., 2013
Background. Geriatric health care has become a worldwide concern, but a few statistical studies were carried out about skin diseases in this age group. In this study, we set out to determine the frequency as well as the age and gender distribution of dermatological diseases in geriatric patients. Materials and Methods.
Abbas Darjani, Zahra Mohtasham-Amiri, Kiarash Mohammad Amini, Javad Golchai, Shahryar Sadre-Eshkevari, Narges Alizade, Giuseppe Argenziano   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dermatite de contato pela pederina, estudo clínico e epidemiológico no estado do Ceará, Brasil Paederus contact dermatitis. Clinical and epidemiological study, State of Ceará, Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1994
São estudados aspectos clínicos e epidemiológicos da dermatite de contato pela pederina, zoodermatose observada em vários municípios do Estado do Ceará, durante o período de chuvas, principalmente nos meses de abril e maio.
Maria José N. Diógenes
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Histopathological changes in experimental infestation of Paederus fuscipes in rats [PDF]

The Iranian Journal of Veterinary Science and Technology, 2017
The genus Paederus consists of approximately 621 species associated with outbreaks of dermatitis. Our aim was to determine gross and microscopic changes induced by Paederus fuscipes. Adult P.
Mousa Tavassoli, Aliasghar Tehrani, Javad Mahdavi Ghajari   +2 more
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