Clinico-epidemiological profile and morphological patterns of an institutional outbreak of paederus dermatitis from North India: a descriptive study
Background: Paederus dermatitis (PD) is an acute irritant contact dermatitis caused by pederin, a vesicant toxin in the hemolymph of beetles of the genus Paederus. Despite its occurrence across tropical India, published data from north India and documented institutional cluster outbreaks among young adults remain scarc...