Paederus fuscipes, a vector of Paederus dermatitis in most tropical and subtropical countries of the world have a high prevalence in human dwellings due to their positively phototaxic behaviour which has caused a tremendous impact on human health. In this paper, P. fuscipes dispersal flights were studied for two seasons of the rice cultivation phases in residential premises built close to rice ...

The phenomen El Niño that affected Peru at 1998, made possible the growth of copious vegetation in traditionally dry places. On this way, Paederus irritans, dipterous of the order Coleoptera that produces dermatitis when croushed on the skin, found substract that allowed the natural growth of its population. The coming of occasional rains on the months of February to April 1999, attacked the ha...

Background: Paederus dermatitis, an acute erythemato-vesiculo-bullous dermatitis contracted through contact with the secretions of the Paederus species, is frequently seen among the people living in the south-west part of our country during spring and early summer months. Objective: This study was conducted to elucidate the responsible arthropod in Khuzestan province and to study the clinical s...

the present study was performed during spring, summer and fall of 1997 in the central and western parts of fars province, iran, led to identification of paederus ilsae bernhauer and paederus iliensis coiffait (col: staphylinidae). this is the first original report of the latter species from iran. the adults have 5 months activity in average, begin lately in april and then continue until early s...

A 30-year-old Chinese female presented with progressive periorbital swelling of unknown cause and redness of her left eye. She was given an antibiotic eyedrop and oral cloxacillin to treat periorbital cellulitis. The clinical picture did not improve and she returned with swelling of the fellow eye. We stopped the medication and sent her to a dermatologist because of the abnormal periorbital ski...

background : dermatitis caused by paederus beetle involves many people around the world, especially iran. the symptoms include redness, itching and severe irritation. this study evaluated the effectiveness of the aloe vera cream on the treatment of dermatitis caused by paederus beetles. methods: forty male 6–8 weeks balb/c mice were randomly divided into four groups of 10 mice. after removing t...