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Close Encounters With the Environment
What's Eating You? Bees, Part 1: Characteristics, Reactions, and Management
Lewis FS, Smith LJ
Cutis. 2007;79:439-444.
Bee stings are common in the United States. We review the characteristics of bumblebees, honeybees, and Africanized honeybees; the types and pathophysiology of sting reactions; and the medical management and prevention of bee stings. In part 2 of this series, we will discuss the use of venom immunotherapy, the diagnosis of systemic mastocytosis that initially presents as anaphylaxis, and the efficacy of immunotherapy in patients with mastocytosis.

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