TY - JOUR T1 - Tropical skin infections among Israeli travelers. AU - Solomon,Michal, AU - Benenson,Shmuel, AU - Baum,Sharon, AU - Schwartz,Eli, PY - 2011/11/4/entrez PY - 2011/11/4/pubmed PY - 2011/12/23/medline SP - 868 EP - 72 JF - The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene JO - Am J Trop Med Hyg VL - 85 IS - 5 N2 - Infectious skin disorders are common dermatologic illnesses in travelers. Knowledge of post-travel-related infectious skin disorders will allow for effective pre- and post-travel counseling. All cases of returning travelers seen in our center seeking care for infectious skin diseases were included in this study. For a comparison, data on returned travelers with non-infectious skin diseases and healthy travelers who had pre-travel consultations in our institution were also analyzed. Altogether, skin-related diagnosis was reported in 540 ill travelers, and among them, 286 (53%) had infectious skin diseases. Tropical skin infection was diagnosed in 64% of the infectious cases. Travelers returning from Latin America were significantly more ill with tropical skin infections than those traveling to Asia and Africa, The most common diagnoses were cutaneous leishmaniasis, myiasis, and cutaneous larva migrans. In conclusion, tropical skin infections are common among Israeli travelers, especially among those who visited Latin America. SN - 1476-1645 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/22049040/Tropical_skin_infections_among_Israeli_travelers_ L2 - https://ajtmh.org/doi/10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0471 DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -