| Title | Extensive cutaneous larva migrans with folliculitis mimicking multimetameric herpes zoster presentation in an adult traveler returning from Thailand. | | Author(s) | Malvy D, Ezzedine K, Pistone T, Receveur MC, Longy-Boursier M | | Institution | Travel Clinics and Tropical Disease Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, University Hospital Center, Bordeaux, France. | | Source | J Travel Med 2006 Jul-Aug; 13(4):244-7. | | Abstract | Hookworm-related cutaneous larva migrans (CLM) is a frequent cutaneous disease among travelers returning from the tropics. It can be misdiagnosed or treated incorrectly. We present a 42-year-old French patient who contracted the disease during a holiday in Thailand and who experienced an extensive CLM syndrome with a less frequent abdominal localization and a pseudo-multimetameric homolateral topography. The condition was late diagnosed and secondarily efficiently cured by a unique administration of ivermectin. Simple anamnestic information-often revealing beach activities-and clinical aspect of the creeping eruption allow to prevent diagnosis delay and to avoid aggressive or inadequate intervention. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 16884408 |
|
