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Common Dermatologic Conditions in Returning Travelers.
Curr Trop Med Rep. 2021 Jun; 8(2):104-111.CT

Abstract

PURPOSE OF REVIEW

Travel medicine practitioners often are confronted with returning travelers with dermatologic disorders that could be of infectious causes or inflammatory or allergic. Some dermatologic processes are the result of exposure to insects or acquired due to environmental exposures. There is a broad range of dermatosis of infectious and non-infectious etiologies that clinicians need to consider in the differential diagnosis of dermatosis in travelers.

RECENT FINDINGS

With increasing international travel to tropical destinations, many individuals may be exposed to rickettsia (i.e., African tick bite fever, scrub typhus, or Mediterranean spotted fever), parasitic infections (i.e., cutaneous larva migrans, cutaneous leishmaniasis, African trypanosomiasis, or American trypanosomiasis), viral infections (i.e., measles or Zika virus infection), bacterial (i.e., Buruli ulcer) or ectoparasites (scabies or tungiasis), and myiasis. Cutaneous lesions provide clinical clues to the diagnosis of specific exposures during travel among returned travelers.

SUMMARY

Dermatologic disorders represent the third most common health problem in returned travelers, after gastrointestinal and respiratory illness. Many of these conditions may pose a risk of severe complications if there is any delay in diagnosis. Therefore, clinicians caring for travelers need to become familiar with the most frequent infectious and non-infectious skin disorders in travelers.

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Shepard Z
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, 12700 East 19th Avenue, 11C01, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
Rios M
Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud, Panamá City, Panamá.
Solis J
School of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, 12700 East 19th Avenue, 11C01, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
Wand T
School of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, 12700 East 19th Avenue, 11C01, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
Henao-Martínez AF
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, 12700 East 19th Avenue, 11C01, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
Franco-Paredes C
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, 12700 East 19th Avenue, 11C01, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
Suarez JA
Investigador SNI Senacyt Panamá, Clinical Research Department, Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud, Panamá City, Panamá.

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

34458071

Citation

Shepard, Zachary, et al. "Common Dermatologic Conditions in Returning Travelers." Current Tropical Medicine Reports, vol. 8, no. 2, 2021, pp. 104-111.
Shepard Z, Rios M, Solis J, et al. Common Dermatologic Conditions in Returning Travelers. Curr Trop Med Rep. 2021;8(2):104-111.
Shepard, Z., Rios, M., Solis, J., Wand, T., Henao-Martínez, A. F., Franco-Paredes, C., & Suarez, J. A. (2021). Common Dermatologic Conditions in Returning Travelers. Current Tropical Medicine Reports, 8(2), 104-111. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40475-021-00231-8
Shepard Z, et al. Common Dermatologic Conditions in Returning Travelers. Curr Trop Med Rep. 2021;8(2):104-111. PubMed PMID: 34458071.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Common Dermatologic Conditions in Returning Travelers. AU - Shepard,Zachary, AU - Rios,Margarita, AU - Solis,Jamie, AU - Wand,Taylor, AU - Henao-Martínez,Andrés F, AU - Franco-Paredes,Carlos, AU - Suarez,José Antonio, Y1 - 2021/02/16/ PY - 2021/8/30/entrez PY - 2021/8/31/pubmed PY - 2021/8/31/medline KW - Cutaneous Larva Migrans KW - Dermatologic KW - Leishmaniasis KW - Myiasis KW - Phytophotodermatitis KW - Prurigo Nodularis KW - Travelers KW - Tungiasis SP - 104 EP - 111 JF - Current tropical medicine reports JO - Curr Trop Med Rep VL - 8 IS - 2 N2 - PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Travel medicine practitioners often are confronted with returning travelers with dermatologic disorders that could be of infectious causes or inflammatory or allergic. Some dermatologic processes are the result of exposure to insects or acquired due to environmental exposures. There is a broad range of dermatosis of infectious and non-infectious etiologies that clinicians need to consider in the differential diagnosis of dermatosis in travelers. RECENT FINDINGS: With increasing international travel to tropical destinations, many individuals may be exposed to rickettsia (i.e., African tick bite fever, scrub typhus, or Mediterranean spotted fever), parasitic infections (i.e., cutaneous larva migrans, cutaneous leishmaniasis, African trypanosomiasis, or American trypanosomiasis), viral infections (i.e., measles or Zika virus infection), bacterial (i.e., Buruli ulcer) or ectoparasites (scabies or tungiasis), and myiasis. Cutaneous lesions provide clinical clues to the diagnosis of specific exposures during travel among returned travelers. SUMMARY: Dermatologic disorders represent the third most common health problem in returned travelers, after gastrointestinal and respiratory illness. Many of these conditions may pose a risk of severe complications if there is any delay in diagnosis. Therefore, clinicians caring for travelers need to become familiar with the most frequent infectious and non-infectious skin disorders in travelers. SN - 2196-3045 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/34458071/Common_Dermatologic_Conditions_in_Returning_Travelers_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -