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Dermatoses associated with travel to tropical countries: a prospective study of the diagnosis and management of 269 patients presenting to a tropical disease unit.
Clin Infect Dis. 1995 Mar; 20(3):542-8.CI

Abstract

The full spectrum of skin diseases related to travel in tropical areas is unknown. We prospectively studied 269 consecutive patients with travel-associated dermatosis who presented to our tropical disease unit in Paris during a 2-year period. The median age of these patients was 30 years; 137 patients were male; 76% of the patients were tourists; 38% had visited sub-Saharan Africa; and 85% had been appropriately vaccinated against tetanus. Cutaneous lesions appeared while the patient was still abroad in 61% of cases and after the patient's return to France in 39%. The diagnosis was definite in 260 cases; 137 of these cases (53%) involved an imported tropical disease. The most common diagnoses were cutaneous larva migrans (25%); pyodermas (18%); pruritic arthropod-reactive dermatitis (10%); myiasis (9%); tungiasis (6%); urticaria (5%); fever and rash (4%); and cutaneous leishmaniasis (3%). Hospitalization was necessary in 27 cases (10%), with a median duration of 5 days (range, 2-21 days). Travelers should be advised on how to avoid exposure to the agents and vectors of infectious dermatoses. Travel first-aid kits should include insect repellents and antibiotics effective against bacterial skin infections.

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Caumes E
Département des Maladies Infectieuses, Parasitaires, Tropicales et Santé Publique, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
Carrière J
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Guermonprez G
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Bricaire F
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Danis M
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Gentilini M
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MeSH

AdolescentAdultAgedAnimalsArthropodsChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHospital UnitsHumansInfantLarva MigransLeishmaniasis, CutaneousMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesPyodermaSkin DiseasesTravelTropical ClimateTropical MedicineUrticaria

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Journal Article

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eng

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7756473

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Caumes, E, et al. "Dermatoses Associated With Travel to Tropical Countries: a Prospective Study of the Diagnosis and Management of 269 Patients Presenting to a Tropical Disease Unit." Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, vol. 20, no. 3, 1995, pp. 542-8.
Caumes E, Carrière J, Guermonprez G, et al. Dermatoses associated with travel to tropical countries: a prospective study of the diagnosis and management of 269 patients presenting to a tropical disease unit. Clin Infect Dis. 1995;20(3):542-8.
Caumes, E., Carrière, J., Guermonprez, G., Bricaire, F., Danis, M., & Gentilini, M. (1995). Dermatoses associated with travel to tropical countries: a prospective study of the diagnosis and management of 269 patients presenting to a tropical disease unit. Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 20(3), 542-8.
Caumes E, et al. Dermatoses Associated With Travel to Tropical Countries: a Prospective Study of the Diagnosis and Management of 269 Patients Presenting to a Tropical Disease Unit. Clin Infect Dis. 1995;20(3):542-8. PubMed PMID: 7756473.
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