A case report of cutaneous larva migrans in a Mexican population of high marginalization

• Published in: Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine
• Main Authors: Isaac Aguirre Maldonadoa, Silvia Cruz Duartea, Felipe González Velázqueza, Alfonso Alexander Aguilerab
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014
• Subjects: Larva migrans; Pruritic; Purple vesicle; Serpiginous; Dermatology lesion; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.12980/APJTB.4.2014APJTB-2014-0119; https://doaj.org/article/e622658a1bbd446aaf91f80d74be8171

The creeping verminous dermatitis or cutaneous larva migrans is a parasitosis caused by percutaneous penetration and migration of larval nematode parasites characterized by producing one or more serpiginous erythematous, indurated, raised and pruritic lesion. The most common cause of cutaneous larva migrans is the Ancylostoma braziliense located in warm climate zones. In the present study, authors reported a case of cutaneous larva migrans with a characteristic clinical picture: erythematous-papular and vesicular lesion and serpiginous path, with progressive, and pruritic growth and it shown that a living area with immigration, tropical weather conditions and poverty may lead to this common infection.