Clinical case: cutaneous larva migrans
Keywords:
cutaneous larva migrans, pediatrics, case report, Ecuador
Abstract
Cutaneous Migrans Larva (CML) is a self-limited skin infection caused mainly by the helminth species Ancylostoma, which accidentally infects humans in tropical areas. The diseases produced by helminths and transmitted through the soil affect more than two billion people worldwide (1). The diagnosis is basically clinical and epidemiological. The authors present a pediatric clinical case in Nueva Loja - Sucumbíos (Ecuadorian Amazon) and review about this infectious pathology
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2. Bowman DD, Montgomery SP, Zajac AM, Eberhard ML, Kazacos KR, Hookworms of dogs and cats as agents of cutaneous larva migrans, Trenda Parasitol. 2010 Apr.26 (4): 162-7
3. Heukelbach J, Feldmeier H, Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of hookworm-related cutaneous larva migrans.Lancet Infect Dis. 2008 May; 8(5):302-9.
4. Davies HD, Sakuls P, Keystone JS. Creeping eruption: a review of clinical presentation and management of 60 cases presenting to a tropical disease unit, Arch Dermatol, 1993, vol. 129 (pg. 588-91)
5. CDC. Zoonotic hookworms. In: CfDCa P, editor. Global Health – Division of Parasitic Diseases Atlanta; 2014. https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/zoonotichookworm/health_professionals/index.html.
6. Eric Caumes, Treatment of Cutaneous Larva Migrans, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 30, Issue 5, May 2000, Pages 811–814.
7. Veraldi S, Schianchi R, Carrera C. Epiluminescence microscopy in cutaneous larva migrans. Acta Derm Venereol. 2000 May;80(3):233.
8. Jørgensen AR Zarchi K. Pronounced larva migrans with secondary MRSA infection. Lancet Infect Dis. 2019 Sep;19(9):1
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2021-03-14
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Sánchez Redrobán J, Salazar Carpio J. Clinical case: cutaneous larva migrans. PFR [Internet]. 2021Mar.14 [cited 2025Mar.31];6(1). Available from: https://practicafamiliarrural.org/index.php/pfr/article/view/197
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