Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 1985 |
Authors: | M. A. Stawiski |
Journal: | Emergency medicine clinics of North America |
Volume: | 3 |
Issue: | 4 |
Pagination: | 785 - 808 |
Date Published: | 1985 |
ISBN Number: | 0733-8627 |
Keywords: | adult, animals, Bees, Child, Preschool, fleas, humans, Infant, Insect Bites, stings, lice, Lindane/therapeutic use, mites, Scabies, spiders, ticks, Trombiculidae, U.S.A. |
Abstract: | This article summarizes the clinical presentation and treatment of common bites and infestations in the United States. A survey of this complex and interesting area of medicine should help the emergency physician to diagnose and treat many patients who present with "nonspecific" bites and rashes. |