Caterpillar dermatitis in two siblings due to the larvae of Thaumetopoea processionea L., the oak processionary caterpillar

Dermatology

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 70-73

  Maier, Harald ^a   Spiegel, Wolfgang ^a   Kinaciyan, Tamar ^b   Hönigsmann, Herbert ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Universitatsklinik fur Dermatologie   (Austria)

Author keywords

Caterpillar dermatitis; Erucism; Lepidopterism; Oak processionary caterpillar; Thaumetopoea processionea

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; LORATADINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFESTATION; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; OAK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; THAUMETOPOEA PROCESSIONEA; TOPICAL TREATMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; PRURITUS; QUERCUS;

EID: 0942278971     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000075051     Document Type: Article

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