The clinical parasitology laboratory plays an essential role in the evaluation of patients with
suspected delusional infestation (DI). This chapter provides guidance for how the clinical …

Delusional parasitosis is an uncommon psychiatric disorder presented by persons with an
unremitting false belief that they are infested with ectoparasites or infected with …

OBJECTIVES: Delusional parasitosis is a syndrome with which most infectious diseases
physicians and microbiologists are familiar. However, little is known about the epidemiology …

Persons who manifest with apparently odd and seemingly inexplicable complaints and
fanciful claims of parasites and parasitic conditions are well known to and often shunned by …

This is a case report of delusional parasitosis in a 70-year-old woman. Delusional
parasitosis, or delusional infestation, is a rare disorder typified by the false belief that an …

Delusional parasitosis is a common syndrome seen in Infectious Diseases clinics. These
patients characteristically provide samples as evidence of their infestation. We prospectively …

Physicians are not infrequently consulted by distraught patients with delusions of infestation
who believe that they are infested with external or internal parasites and describe a crawling …

Background Systematic studies of delusional infestation (DI), also known as delusional
parasitosis, are scarce. They lack either dermatological or psychiatric detail. Little is known …

Delusional parasitosis (DP) is a psychiatric condition characterized by an individual's
persistent belief that she or he is infested with pathogens when no such infestation is …

Objective Delusional infestation, which encompasses both delusions of parasitosis and
delusions of infestation with inanimate objects (sometimes called Morgellons disease), has …