Laupland Kevin B, Valiquette Louis
Department of Medicine, Royal Inland Hospital, Kamloops, BC, Canada V2C 2T1; Departments of Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Department of Microbiology-Infectious Diseases, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada J1H 5N4.
Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol. 2016;2016:9091838. doi: 10.1155/2016/9091838. Epub 2016 Mar 29.
Although the practice of infectious diseases involves a broad range of surgical and medical disciplines, interactions with psychiatry are infrequent. Delusional infestation is a condition where an individual has a firmly fixed false belief that they have an infection. Delusional infestation challenges the infectious diseases specialist who must diligently rule out the presence of a true infection. However, perhaps, more importantly, we may need to initiate therapy with neuroleptic medications for which we may have little specific knowledge and experience. In this note we review the diagnosis and management of patients with delusional infestation.
尽管传染病的诊疗涉及广泛的外科和医学学科，但与精神病学的互动并不常见。妄想性寄生虫感染是指个体坚信自己受到感染，但这种信念是完全错误的。妄想性寄生虫感染给传染病专家带来了挑战，他们必须认真排除真正感染的存在。然而，或许更重要的是，我们可能需要使用抗精神病药物进行治疗，而我们对此可能知之甚少且缺乏经验。在本笔记中，我们回顾了妄想性寄生虫感染患者的诊断和管理。
