Late presentation of cutaneous larva migrans: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Cutaneous larva migrans is caused by infection with hookworm larvae in tropical and sub-tropical areas. A history of recent travel to the tropics is usually elicited. CASE PRESENTATION: A case of cutaneous larva migrans is described in which symptoms did not appear until five months af...

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Autor principal: Archer, Michael
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cases Network Ltd 2009
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Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2769361/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19918471
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-7553
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description INTRODUCTION: Cutaneous larva migrans is caused by infection with hookworm larvae in tropical and sub-tropical areas. A history of recent travel to the tropics is usually elicited. CASE PRESENTATION: A case of cutaneous larva migrans is described in which symptoms did not appear until five months after travel to Tanzania. CONCLUSION: Although the lesion of cutaneous larva migrans may appear immediately, the larvae may lie dormant for many months and presentation may therefore occur a long time after any foreign travel.
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spelling pubmed-27693612009-11-16 Late presentation of cutaneous larva migrans: a case report Archer, Michael Cases J Case report INTRODUCTION: Cutaneous larva migrans is caused by infection with hookworm larvae in tropical and sub-tropical areas. A history of recent travel to the tropics is usually elicited. CASE PRESENTATION: A case of cutaneous larva migrans is described in which symptoms did not appear until five months after travel to Tanzania. CONCLUSION: Although the lesion of cutaneous larva migrans may appear immediately, the larvae may lie dormant for many months and presentation may therefore occur a long time after any foreign travel. Cases Network Ltd 2009-08-12 /pmc/articles/PMC2769361/ /pubmed/19918471 http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-7553 Text en © 2009 Archer; licensee Cases Network Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Late presentation of cutaneous larva migrans: a case report
title_full Late presentation of cutaneous larva migrans: a case report
title_fullStr Late presentation of cutaneous larva migrans: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Late presentation of cutaneous larva migrans: a case report
title_short Late presentation of cutaneous larva migrans: a case report
title_sort late presentation of cutaneous larva migrans: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2769361/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19918471
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-7553
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