Pelodera strongyloides infestation presenting as pruritic dermatitis

Pelodera strongyloides is a free-living soil nematode of the order Rhabditida. We report an 18-year-old man with P strongyloides skin infestation. In this case, pruritic follicular papulopustules developed on the buttocks, then the right flank. Skin scrapings revealed many live rhabditiform larvae t...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2004-11, Vol.51 (5), p.S181-S184
Hauptverfasser:	Tanaka, Akio, Kinoshita, Maiko, Tanaka, Toshihiko, Iwanaga, Yuzuru, Kagei, Noboru, Hide, Michihiro
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Antinematodal Agents - therapeutic use Antiparasitic Agents Biological and medical sciences Dermatology Humans Lindane - therapeutic use Male Medical sciences Pruritus - parasitology Skin Diseases, Parasitic - diagnosis Skin involvement in other diseases. Miscellaneous. General aspects Strongyloidiasis - diagnosis Strongyloidiasis - drug therapy
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Zusammenfassung:	Pelodera strongyloides is a free-living soil nematode of the order Rhabditida. We report an 18-year-old man with P strongyloides skin infestation. In this case, pruritic follicular papulopustules developed on the buttocks, then the right flank. Skin scrapings revealed many live rhabditiform larvae that were cultured adult worms and hatched ova, identified as P strongyloides. The eruption was treated effectively with topical 1% γ-hexachlorocyclohexane ointment.
ISSN:	0190-9622 1097-6787
DOI:	10.1016/j.jaad.2004.05.010