Abstract

DOMENECH CANETE, Ingrid Olga; RODRIGUEZ PENA, Martha S.; GODOY MILLO, Yuraimis  and  PALACIOS NAPOLES, Elsa. Cutaneous larva migrans in a teenager. AMC [online]. 2013, vol.17, n.1, pp.87-91. ISSN 1025-0255.

Introduction: cutaneous larva migrans is a parasitic zoonosis caused by the penetration and migration through the skin of nematodes larvae, acquired by corporal contact with earth, sand and polluted construction materials infested with excrements of dogs and cats. Objective: to identify correctly the clinical diagnosis of cutaneous larva migrans in patients with suspicion of the disease and to contribute to their best handling. Clinical Case: a 14 year-old patient with serpiginous lesions in both inferior limbs and in the gluteal region, accompanied by local intense pain, pruritus and irritability. The diagnosis was carried out by means of the clinic and the epidemical antecedents. The patient was administered the thiabendazole as part of the antiparasitic treatment with satisfactory outcomes.

Keywords : LARVA MIGRANS [therapy]; LARVA MIGRAN [diagnosis]; ZOONOSES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; ADOLESCENT; CASE STUDIES.

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