Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Comet Sign (and Other) in Pyemotes Dermatitis

Juan B. Bellido-Blasco

, Alberto Arnedo-Pena, and Francisca Valcuende

Author affiliations: Centro de Salud Pública—Epidemiología, Castellón, Spain (J.B. Bellido-Blasco, A. Arnedo-Pena); Hospital de la Plana (Castellon)—Dermatología, Castellón (F. Valcuende)

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Photographs of 3 persons with skin lesions of Pyemotes dermatitis during the same outbreak in Castellón, Spain, showing the comet sign in 2 affected women (panels A, B), and macular form of the lesions in 1 of the affected investigators (panel C).

Figure. Photographs of 3 persons with skin lesions of Pyemotes dermatitis during the same outbreak in Castellón, Spain, showing the comet sign in 2 affected women (panels A, B), and macular form of the lesions in 1 of the affected investigators (panel C).

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