Outbreak report of airborne caterpillar dermatitis in a kindergarten

Dermatology

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-9

  Gottschling, Sven ^a   Meyer, Sascha ^b   Dill Mueller, Dorothee ^a   Wurm, Donald ^b   Gortner, Ludwig ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Regional Poison Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contact dermatitis; Lepidopterism; Oak processionary caterpillar; Setae

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; STEROID;

ARTICLE; CATERPILLAR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DERMATITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KINDERGARTEN; MALAISE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THAUMETOPOEA PROCESSIONAEA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; NURSERIES; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34250837374     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000102027     Document Type: Article

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