Delusional parasitosis: six-year experience with 23 consecutive cases at an academic medical center

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Boggild, Andrea K ^a   Nicks, Bret A ^b   Yen, Leslianne ^c   Van Voorhis, Wesley ^c   McMullen, Russell ^d   Buckner, Frederick S ^c   Liles, W Conrad ^c,e  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antipsychotics; Delusional parasitosis; Laboratory specimens; Matchbox sign; Parasites

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; GABAPENTIN; OLANZAPINE; PIMOZIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; DELUSIONAL PARASITOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PARASITOSIS; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DELUSIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITIC DISEASES; PIMOZIDE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77949652898     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.05.018     Document Type: Article

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