MYRIAPOD BITES - A CASE OF SYSTEMIC REACT ION TO A LITHOBIUS-FORFICATUS BITE

:A patient developed pruritus, fever, edema, and arthralgia 48 hours a fter he was bitten by a millipede, Investigations showed that the spec ies was Lithobius forficatus, and that the patient was bitten while ca rrying armfuls of wood from a woodpile colonized by the arthropod, Alt hough allergologic tests were negative, the possibility of a hypersens itivity reaction is discussed, Systemic reactions to myriapod bites ar e exceedingly rare in Western Europe and are often mistakenly ascribed to hymenoptera stings.