Cutaneous creeping eruption in a child

Creeping Eruption Produced by Hookworm Larvæ

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Creeping eruptions: cutaneous larva migrans

A 53-year-old woman developed an intensely pruritic rash on the plantar aspect of her right foot within 1 week of returning from a vacation in Jamaica, where she had walked barefoot on the beach (Fig. 1). The pattern revealed a classic serpiginous, elevated, erythematous lesion consistent with cutaneous larva migrans (CLM). CLM is the most common travel-associated dermatological infection prese...

[Intermittent vesiculous eruption in a child].

Newly recognized causative larval nematode (Suborder :Spirurina) of creeping eruption.

Gnathostoma are parasites of wild mammals and larval stages of 3 native species, G. spinigerum, G. doloresi and G. nipponicum have been found in cold blooded vertebrates. Moreover, larval G. hispidum has been found in loaches imported to Japan from east Asia (Akahane et ai, 1982). Among these species, G. spinigerum had been considered to be the only causative agent of gnathostomiasis until the ...

Cutaneous Eruption due to Telaprevir

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) chronically infects 0.5-3% of the world population. A large group of patients develop cirrhosis and its complications. Since 2011, telaprevir and boceprevir are used, improving the disease evolution. One of the main side effects of these drugs is skin eruption. We report a 53-year-old patient with cirrhosis due to HCV who started the classic treatment associated with tel...