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15178500

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-6-4
pubmed:abstractText
We review the medical reports of fire ant attacks on residents of nursing homes in the context of the medical entomology of these insects, and present recommendations to prevent and manage future attacks. Two reports were recent cases, while a computer-assisted search yielded four other similar cases of attacks by foraging fire ants in the last 10 years. One patient experienced an anaphylactic reaction and 4 patients died within 1 week of the attack. Ants were usually noted in health care facilities days before the attacks. The presence of fire ants around immobile, often cognitively impaired, patients seems to be the primary risk factor for massive fire ant attacks. Health care providers and administrators in fire ant endemic areas must be aware that the presence of fire ants in hospitals and nursing homes represents a hazard. Fire ant infestation can lead to sting attacks on patients, causing respiratory tract obstruction, worsening of pre-existing medical conditions, or frank anaphylaxis. All the attacks reported here have resulted in legal action involving physicians and health care facilities.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0002-9343
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
116
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
843-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Fire ant attacks on patients in nursing homes: an increasing problem.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi 39216, USA. rdeshazo@medicine.umsmed.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review