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[Dermatology in French Guiana] Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift für Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete. [Hautarzt] Journal article

 
Title[Dermatology in French Guiana]
Author(s)Grosshans EM, Pradinaud R 
SourceHautarzt 1979 Aug; 30(8):443-5.
MeSHChromoblastomycosis
English Abstract
Fleas
French Guiana
Humans
Larva Migrans
Leishmaniasis
Lepidoptera
Mycobacterium Infections, Atypical
Myiasis
Paracoccidioidomycosis
Skin Diseases
Urticaria
AbstractIn French Guayana, climatic and geographic conditions enhance development of numerous fungal, parasitic and microbial skin diseases. The most particular infectious diseases of this French department are lobomycosis, chromomycosis (Phialophora pedrosoi), creeping disease, cutaneous leishmaniasis, tungiasis, mycobacterial ulcus (Mycobacterium ulcerans) and papular dermatitis caused by nettling hairs of lepidoptera (Hylesia urticans). The occurence of these skin diseases is demonstrative of pathological ecology of the Amazonian country.
Languageger
Pub Type(s)Journal Article
PubMed ID511550
  
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