Three clinical cases of cutaneous larva migrans
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Cutaneous larva migrans--report of three probable cases.
Larva migrans denotes the prolonged migration of a larval parasite in the skin or intestinal organs of an abnormal host, usually man.' There are two types of larva migrans. Visceral larva migrans is the more common type mostly caused by larvae of dog and cat ascarids of the genus Toxocara? A few cases of Cutaneous larva migrans have been reported from Malaysia'' and Singapore,4,S though it has ...
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Cutaneous larva migrans (CLM) is a rare serpiginous cutaneous eruption caused by accidental penetration and migration in the skin with infective larvae of nematode that normally do not have the human as their host. Although CLM has a worldwide distribution, the infection is most frequent in warmer climates. More recently, they have been increasingly imported from the tropics or subtropics by tr...
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Cutaneous larva migrans caused by the larvae of animal hookworms is the most frequent skin disease among travelers returning from tropical countries. Complications (impetigo and allergic reactions), together with the intense pruritus and the significant duration of the disease, make treatment mandatory. Freezing the leading edge of the skin track rarely works. Topical treatment of the affected ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Korean Journal of Parasitology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0023-4001
DOI: 10.3347/kjp.2006.44.2.145