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Blister beetle dermatitis

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specialty	dermatology

Blister beetle dermatitis is a cutaneous condition that occurs after contact with any of several types of beetles, including those from the Meloidae and Oedemeridae families. Blister beetles secrete an irritant called cantharidin, a vesicant that can get onto humans if they touch the beetles.

The term "blister beetle dermatitis" is also occasionally and inappropriately used as a synonym for Paederus dermatitis, a somewhat different dermatitis caused by contact with pederin, an irritant in the hemolymph of a different group of beetles, the rove beetles.

Symptoms and signs

After skin comes in contact with cantharidin, local irritation begins within a few hours. (This is in contrast to Paederus dermatitis, where symptoms first appear 12–36 hours after contact with rove beetles.) Painful blisters appear, but scarring from these epidermal lesions is rare.

Diagnosis

Treatment

References

(2006). "Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology". Saunders Elsevier.
[https://www.bioline.org.br/pdf?dv07004] 'Paederus dermatitis' by Gurcharan Singh and Syed Yousuf Ali, Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology, Jan-Feb 2007
"7.7 Blister beetles, clinical features". Institute of Tropical Medicine.
"Just the facts…Paederus Beetles". US Army Public Health Command.
Barceloux, Donald. (2008). "Medical toxicology of natural substances: foods, fungi, medicinal herbs, plants, and venomous animals". John Wiley and Sons.

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