Itching for a diagnosis - A travel medicine perspective on delusional infestation

Travel Med Infect Dis. 2017 Jul-Aug:18:70-72. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2017.05.011. Epub 2017 May 31.

Authors

Senan Maher¹, Brian Hallahan², Gerard Flaherty³

Affiliations

¹ School of Medicine, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland.
² School of Medicine, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland; Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Galway, Ireland.
³ School of Medicine, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland; School of Medicine, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Electronic address: gerard.flaherty@nuigalway.ie.

PMID: 28576666
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2017.05.011

No abstract available

Keywords: Delusional infestation; Delusional parasitosis; Travel medicine; Tropical disease.

MeSH terms

Age Factors
Antipsychotic Agents / therapeutic use
Delusional Parasitosis / diagnosis*
Delusional Parasitosis / drug therapy
Delusional Parasitosis / psychology
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Male
Sex Factors
Travel Medicine*

Substances

Antipsychotic Agents